Michael Nikolay

Michael Nikolay
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-U1206-0032, Michael Nikolay.jpg Nikolay in 1979
Personal information
Born	(1956-12-13) 13 December 1956 East Berlin, East Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	East Germany
Club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Team Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Pommel horse Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Team Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Pommel horse World Championships Gold medal – first place 1981 Moscow Pommel horse Bronze medal – third place 1978 Strasbourg Team European Championships Silver medal – second place 1977 Vilna Pommel horse

Michael Nikolay (born 13 December 1956) is a retired German gymnast. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze and a silver medal with the East German team, respectively. Individually he won two bronze medals in the pommel horse at both Games; he also finished fourth on the horizontal bar and on the parallel bars in 1980.

At the world championships, he won a gold medal in the pommel horse in 1981 and a bronze in the team competition in 1978. He also won a European silver in the pommel horse in 1977.