Ralf-Peter Hemmann

Ralf-Peter Hemmann
Hemmann in 1980
Personal information
Born (1958-12-08) 8 December 1958
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
East Germany
ClubSC DHfK, Leipzig
Retired1982
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Team
World Championships
1981 Moscow Vault
1978 Strasbourg Team

Ralf-Peter Hemmann (born 8 December 1958) is a retired German gymnast. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal with the East German team. Individually he finished fourth in the vault and horizontal bar.[1] He won a team bronze medal at the world championships in 1978 and an individual gold in the vault in 1981.[2] After his vault gold medal at the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, he quit gymnastics at the age of 22 in Spring 1982.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ralf-Peter Hemmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren". sport-komplett.de (in German).
  3. ^ "1981: The Vault Champion Who Vanished after a Positive Doping Test". gymnastics-history.com. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.