Years on national team 1976 - ? Name Steffi Kraker | Role Olympic athlete Country represented East Germany | |
Born April 21, 1960 (age 63)
Leipzig ( 1960-04-21 ) Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics Olympic medals Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's Vault Similar People Maxi Gnauck, Emilia Eberle, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Maria Filatova, Nellie Kim | ||
Steffi Kraker - 1980 Olympics EF - Uneven Bars
Stefanie "Steffi" Kräker (born April 21, 1960 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a retired East German gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games.
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Career
Kräker 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 Kräker 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 Kräker's most successful championship; she received team and bars bronze medals and a silver medal on the vault. Kräker's last major competition was the 1981 World Championships in Moscow where she won team and vault bronze medals.
Post-retirement
Kräker is now a practicing psychologist in Leipzig, Germany.