Steffi Kraker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Steffi Kraker |
|||
| Women's Artistic Gymnastics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1976 Montreal | Team | |
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | Team | |
| Silver | 1980 Moscow | Vault | |
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | Uneven Bars | |
| World Gymnastics Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1978 Strasbourg | Team | |
| Bronze | 1978 Strasbourg | Vault | |
| Bronze | 1979 Fort Worth | Team | |
| Bronze | 1979 Fort Worth | Balance Beam | |
| Bronze | 1981 Moscow | Team | |
| Bronze | 1981 Moscow | Vault | |
| World Gymnastics Cup | |||
| Silver | 1977 Oviedo | Individual All-Around | |
| Bronze | 1977 Oviedo | Uneven Bars | |
| Silver | 1977 Oviedo | Balance Beam | |
| Silver | 1977 Oviedo | Floor Exercise | |
| Gold | 1978 São Paolo | Uneven Bars | |
| Gold | 1979 Tokyo | Uneven Bars | |
| Bronze | 1980 Toronto | Individual All-Around | |
| Silver | 1980 Toronto | Uneven Bars | |
| European Gymnastics Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1977 Prague | Uneven Bars | |
Stefanie "Steffi" Kraker (born April 21, 1960, Leipzig, East Germany) is a retired East German gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games.
Kraker began competing on the GDR national team in 1976. One of her earliest senior competitions was the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she won a team bronze medal.
Following these Olympics Kraker emerged as a major member of the GDR team. In 1977 she became the 1977 GDR national champion and won a bronze on the uneven bars at the 1977 European Championships. At the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg she won two bronze medals: team and vault. At the 1979 World Championships in Fort Worth she again won bronze with the team and on vault.
The 1980 Olympic Games were Kraker's most successful championship; she received team and vault bronze medals and a silver medal on the vault. Kraker's last major competition was the 1981 World Championships in Moscow where she won team and vault bronze medals.
Kraker is now a practicing psychologist in Leipzig, Germany.
[edit] See also
- 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
