update: 30-Apr-2006

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DEBRECEN, 2005

 
 

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 28th European Championships 2006 in Volos will be held as a team Championships and individual at the apparatus - no all-around decision this year.

>> 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.

Vitali Sherbo (URS/BLR)
>> Altogether 9 German athletes won gold medals at European Championships in the past.
- For Western 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...
The best of the European Champions which are still competing...

>> 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 at European Championships.

>> GYMmedia-statistics:   >> All European Champions 1955 - 2005


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