Gerd Wessig

Gerd Wessig

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1980 MoscowHigh jump

Gerd Wessig (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈvɛsɪç], audio; born 16 July 1959 in Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German high jumper who won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the first man ever to set a world record in the high jump at the Olympics.