Klaus Köste

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Medal record
Men’s Gymnastic
Competitor for Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1972 Munich Vault
Bronze 1964 Tokyo Team
Bronze 1968 Mexico City Team
Bronze 1972 Munich Team

Klaus Köste (born February 27, 1943) is a German gymnast and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[1] He competed for East Germany and received bronze medals in team combined exercises in three olympics, in 1964, 1968 and 1972.[2][3][1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 5, 2008)
  2. ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 5, 2008)
  3. ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 5, 2008)


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Olympic champions in men's vault
1896: Carl Schumann | 1904: George Eyser-Anton Heida | 1924: Frank Kriz | 1928: Eugen Mack | 1932: Savino Guglielmetti | 1936: Alfred Schwarzmann | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Helmut Bantz-Valentin Muratov | 1960: Boris Shakhlin-Takashi Ono | 1964: Haruhiro Yamashita | 1968: Mikhail Voronin | 1972: Klaus Köste | 1976: Nikolai Andrianov | 1980: Nikolai Andrianov | 1984: Lou Yun | 1988: Lou Yun | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo | 1996: Alexei Nemov | 2000: Gervasio Deferr | 2004: Gervasio Deferr
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