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Place of Birth: Staßfurt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Andreas Wecker
- Andreas Wecker (born 2 January 1970 in Staßfurt) is a former German gymnast who had a long and successful career.
- He was European, World and Olympic champion.
- His greatest achievement was the gold medal on high bar at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
- There, he beat gymnasts of such quality as Vitaly Scherbo and Alexei Nemov.
- In 1989 Wecker was named the last East German Sportsman of the Year.
- He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.Wecker qualified for the German team for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
- Just days before his events, he suffered a serious shoulder injury where he tore a bicep muscle in his shoulder, ending his career.
- Today, Wecker is the chairman and founder of Andreas Seed Oils, headquartered in Bend, Oregon and distributed through his office in Germany.
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