- Steffi Kraker
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medaltemplates=Stefanie "Steffi" Kraker (born
April 21 ,1960 ,Leipzig ,East Germany ) is a retired East German gymnast who competed at the 1976 and1980 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 .ee also
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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) External links
*http://www.gymnpics.com/gymnasticgreats/wag/kraker.htm
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