Jürgen Brümmer

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJürgen•Brümmer
Used nameJürgen•Brümmer
Born8 December 1964 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (GER)
Died25 February 2014 in Ostfildern, Baden-Württemberg (GER)
Measurements170 cm / 69 kg
AffiliationsSportVg Feuerbach, Stuttgart (GER)
NOC West Germany

Biography

Jürgen Brümmer was a nine-time German gymnastics champion and took part in the 1987 and 1989 World Gymnastics Championships. After the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he finished a disappointing 12th with the team and 64th individually, he ran a sports physiotherapy practice, taking care of the German national junior gymnastics team as well as various handball and football teams.

Brümmer committed suicide by jumping from a bridge, shortly after he had probably killed his severely disabled son, Simon. Simon had been severely injured two years earlier, when he was hit by a car. He sustained a serious traumatic brain injury, which left him disabled, wheelchair-dependent, and unable to speak. Brümmer was never able to overcome the trauma to his son and took his own life.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) FRG Jürgen Brümmer
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) 64 r1/2
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) West Germany 12
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) =42 r1/1
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) =13 r1/1
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) =72 r1/1
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) =85 r1/1
Rings, Men (Olympic) =34 r1/1
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) =59 r1/1

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