Gerd May

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGerd•May
Used nameGerd•May
Born3 June 1953 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (GER)
Measurements180 cm / 73 kg
AffiliationsSC Dynamo Berlin, Ost-Berlin (GER)
NOC East Germany

Biography

Gerd May was a sabre fencer who finished sixth with the East German team at the 1980 Moskva Olympics. In 1976, he won his only East German national title. May studied sports at the DHfK Leipzig (Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur) and became a fencing coach at the Regional Olympic Center Berlin.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1980 Summer Olympics Fencing GDR Gerd May
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) East Germany 6