Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Günter•Beier |
Used name | Günter•Beier |
Born | 2 March 1942 in Altenburg, Thüringen (GER) |
Measurements | 167 cm / 61 kg |
Affiliations | ASK Vorwärts Potsdam, Potsdam (GER) |
NOC | East Germany |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Günter Beier was a member of East Germany’s men’s gymnastics team, winning the bronze medal in the team all-around event at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Individually he placed 51st in the all-around and 15th on his best apparatus, the vault. Domestically, Beier won East German national titles on the vault four years consecutively, 1964-67. He later studied psychology and became a sports psychologist and psychotherapist at the Olympic Center in Potsdam.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1968 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | GDR | Günter Beier | |||
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) | =51 | |||||
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) | East Germany | 3 | Bronze | |||
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) | =37 r1/2 | |||||
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) | =15 r1/2 | |||||
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) | =51 r1/2 | |||||
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) | =33 r1/2 | |||||
Rings, Men (Olympic) | =68 r1/2 | |||||
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) | =85 r1/2 |