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85 European
Champions from 21 countries Since the first European
Championships 1955 in Frankfurt (Germany) 85 European Champions in
the men's field were found during 26 European Championships.
The 27th European Championships 2005
in Debrecen/ Hungary will be held as Individual Championships for
the first time.
![](../Ljubljana04/images/Scherbo.jpg) Vitali
Sherbo (URS/BLR)
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>> On top of the list of the
leading nations at European Championships can be found the
USSR with 18 European Champions who won overall 93 gold medals.
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Overall
9 German athletes won gold medals at European
Championships in the past. - For West Germany
Adalbert Dickhut and Helmut Bantz became the first European
Champions, Eberhard Gienger was the most successful West-
German gymnast with 3 European Championship- titles. - For
the GDR (- up to 1990) Klaus Köste, Ralph Bärthel,
Roland Brückner, Sylvio Kroll, Holger Behrendt and Andreas
Wecker were the most successful gymnasts in the men's field.
Andreas Wecker became European
Champion on high bar in 1992. This was the first and last
European Championship- title for the reunited Germany. <<
The most gold medals - 12 overall - were won by Vitali
Sherbo (URS/BLR), followed by Slovenia's Miroslav Cerar
(there Yugoslavia) and Nikolai Andrianov
(URS) with 10 titles each...
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The best of
the European Champions which are still competing...
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From the gymnasts which are still competing - Marian
Dragulescu (ROM) has been the most successful one
at European Championships with up to now 7 titles, followed by -
Alexei Nemov (RUS), Ioan Suciu (ROM), Marius Urzica (ROM) and - Juri Chechi (ITA) with four
gold medals each.
In 2004 Chechi - at the age of 35 and
after an 8-year long break - took part in his 7th European
Championships and with this set a new record in participation
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>> GYMmedia-statistics:
All
European Champions 1955 - 2004 |