Karlheinz Friedrich

East German gymnast Karlheinz Friedrich finished seventh with the team in the all-around event and 67th in the individual all-around at the 1960 Roma Olympic Games. He did not advance to any of the individual finals. In 1958 he won two East German national titles in floor exercise and horizontal bar.

Friedrich came from Leipzig and later became a free-lance sports journalist and photographer, who was one of the publishers of the book “Fascinating Gymnastics” in 1970. He also became best known for his gymnastics and sports photographs for “Freie Welt” (Free World) and the youth magazine “Junge Welt” (Young World). He produced 1000s of photographs for the East German Gymnastics Association archive.