Michael Nikolay

Michael Nikolay ( born December 13, 1956 in Berlin ) is a former German gymnast. His home club was the SC Dynamo Berlin.

He won at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976 on pommel horse and with the crew of the German Democratic Republic (GDR ) per a bronze medal. Four years later at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he won with the East German team the silver medal in the all around and was in the individual competition on pommel horse again third. In the individual all-around, he finished seventh in 1976 and 1980 to sixth place in Moscow he missed beyond fourth place on bars another individual medal just barely.

His biggest international success he achieved at the World Championships in Moscow in 1981, when he became world champion on points with Chinese Xiaoping Li on pommel horse and thus the Hungarians Zoltán Magyar replaced, who had previously won from 1973 to 1980 all international championships on this unit. Previously, he was in 1978 on pommel horse also became Vice- European Champion, in addition, he was. At the world championships in the same year a third party with the East German team in the team all-around

At GDR championships he won a total of seven individual national titles. He won in 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1982 on pommel horse, parallel bars in 1981 and 1979 and 1981 on the high bar. The title in 1981 on the high bar he won it on points with his twin brother Jürgen Nikolay.

1980 and 1982 Nikolay was honored for his sporting achievements with the Patriotic Order of Merit.