Great Olympians

Biographies - WEC


Andreas Wecker

B. 1970, Germany
Gymnastics (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
1988 1992 1996 2000 HP
Individual Combined dnq fourth 13th 30th 1625.6
Team Combined silver fourth 7th 10th 1525
Floor exercises 7th 100
Pommeled Horse bronze 640
Rings bronze fifth 890
Parallel Bars 7th 100
Horizontal Bar 8th silver gold 2664
7544.6


Johan Verner Weckman

B. 1882-07-26, Finland; D. 1968-02-22
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (2 gold, 1 silver)
1906 1908 HP
Middleweight (-85 kg) gold 12800
Light Heavyweight (-93 kg) gold
All-Around Championship silver 750
7150 6400 13550

The All-around Championship at Athina was a special event for the winners of the three weightclasses. Weckman fought and lost just one fight, and it still got him an extra silver medal.

Olympic Competitor nr 2976


Written 2000-11-29 - last modified 2011-08-12

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