Roland Gehrke - Wikipedia

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Roland Gehrke (born 17 January 1954) is a retired heavyweight freestyle wrestler from East Germany. Between 1975 and 1983 he won eight medals at the world and European championships, including a world title in 1981. He placed fourth at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 World Wrestling Championships.^[1]^[2]

Roland Gehrke

Gehrke at the 1982 World Championships

Personal information

Born

17 January 1954 (age 68)
Woldegk, Germany

Height

179 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Sport

Freestyle wrestling

Event(s)

SG Dynamo Luckenwalde

Medal record

Representing East Germany

World Championships
	1975 Minsk	+100 kg
	1978 Mexico City	+100 kg
	1979 San Diego	+100 kg
	1981 Skopje	-100 kg
European Championships
	1976 Leningrad	+100 kg
	1979 Bucharest	+100 kg
	1981 Gothenburg	-100 kg
	1983 Budapest	-100 kg

ReferencesEdit

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roland Gehrke.

^ "Roland Gehrke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ Gehrke, Roland (GDR). iat.uni-leipzig.de

External linksEdit

Roland Gehrke at United World Wrestling
Roland Gehrke at Olympedia

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