Günter Nightingale
Günter Nachtigall (born March 5, 1930 in Blankenburg (Harz) ) is a former German gymnast.
He trained in the gymnastics department founded in 1950 at SV Lok Blankenburg and later at ASK Vorwärts Berlin , where he was GDR champion in all-around in 1956. He had further successes in horse jumping (1957 GDR champion), on the pommel horse (1959 GDR champion), in floor exercise (1956/1957 GDR champion), on parallel bars (1956 GDR champion) and on rings (1956 GDR champion , 1957 runner-up). He also took third place in several disciplines.
In 1957 he took part in the European Championships in Paris and in 1960 at the Olympic Games in Rome, where he was seventh with the GDR team.
Web links
Commons : Günter Nachtigall - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Günter Nachtigall on the page sport-komplett.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Nachtigall Bio, Stats, and Results. In: sports-reference.com (web archive). Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ history. In: turnen-blankenburg.de. SV Lok Blankenburg, accessed on June 21, 2017 .
- ^ GDR championships (men - part 2). In: sport-komplett.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Andreas Götze: Gymnastics in the GDR . In: Deutscher Turner-Bund (Ed.): 200 years of gymnastics . 2011, ISBN 978-3-929371-21-5 , pp. 136 ( online ).
- ↑ Horst Sperfeld: Stories about Potsdam Olympians: A legend is born. In: potsdam.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nightingale, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blankenburg (Harz) |