Forward Jürgen Bähringer was on the East German football (soccer) squad at the 1980 Moskva Olympics that won the silver medal after losing the final against Czechoslovakia 1-0. Bähringer did not play in any match during the Olympic tournament. He only played once with the East German national team, in May 1980 against the Soviet Union.
In his youth Bähringer played with BSG Fortschritt Greiz and BSG Motor Werdau. In the GDR Oberliga he then moved to FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (nowadays Chemnitz) from 1973-88, playing 350 matches and scoring 57 goals. Bähringer later worked with a chemical company.
East Germany