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Erich and Theo Wied

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Sport
  
Artistic gymnastics


Name
  
Erich Theo

Born
  
6 February 1923 (
1923-02-06
)

Died
  
September 28, 1987(1987-09-28) (aged 64) (Erich); July 24, 1995(1995-07-24) (aged 72) (Theo)

Erich Wied (6 February 1923 – 28 September 1987) and Theodor "Theo" Wied (6 February 1923 – 24 July 1995) were twin brothers and retired gymnasts from Germany. They competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth and fifth place with the German team, respectively. Individually they performed best on the vault in 1956, with a 16th place for Erich and a fourth place for Theo.

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Erich and Theo Wied Wikipedia