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Ralph Kern

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Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRalph-Ingo•Kern
Used nameRalph•Kern
Born24 February 1967 in Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg (GER)
Measurements171 cm / 65 kg
AffiliationsSV Leingarten, Leingarten (GER)
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West Germany

Biography

Ralph Kern was a member of the West German male gymnastics team that finished a disappointing 12th at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He finished 67th individually, and failed to reach any apparatus final.

Kern became a graduated surgeon and one of two team doctors at the German football (soccer) club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. He also owned a practice for orthopedics and trauma surgery in Heidelberg. Kern was an honorary member of the Anti-Doping Commission of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB). He has been working in football since 2015 and initially looked after the under-23 team.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 👁 Image
FRG
Ralph Kern
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) =67 r1/2
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) West Germany 12
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) =57 r1/1
Vault, Men (Olympic) =33 r1/1
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) =50 r1/1
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) =70 r1/1
Rings, Men (Olympic) =83 r1/1
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) =56 r1/1

Olympic family relations