{{Short description|German cyclist (born 1955)}} {{Distinguish|text=[[Grzegorz Braun]], Polish politician or [[Greg Braun]], Australian tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Gregor Braun | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Neustadt an der Weinstraße]], [[West Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = {{unbulleted list|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateurteams1 = | amateuryear1 = | proyears1 = 1977–1979 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Peugeot|1977}} | proyears2 = 1980 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Filotex|1980}} | proyears3 = 1981 | proteam3 = [[Famcucine–Campagnolo]] | proyears4 = 1982 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|IJsboerke|1982}} | proyears5 = 1983 | proteam5 = [[Vivi–Benotto]] | proyears6 = 1984 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|La Redoute|1984}} | proyears7 = 1985 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|ARI|1985}} | proyears8 = 1986 | proteam8 = {{UCI team code|Fanini|1986}} | proyears9 = 1987 | proteam9 = {{UCI team code|AD Renting|1987}} | proyears10 = 1988 | proteam10 = Boccaccio Life–La William | proyears11 = 1989 | proteam11 = [[Titanbonifica–Benotto]] | majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]''' : '''[[Giro d'Italia]]''' ::1 individual stage ([[1983 Giro d'Italia|1973]]) '''[[Race stage|Stage races]]''' :[[Deutschland Tour]] (1980) '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' :{{nowrap|[[German National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1978, 1980, 1983)}} :[[Rund um den Henninger Turm]] (1978) :[[Tre Valli Varesine]] (1981) :[[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]] (1982) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[cycling (sport)|cycling]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Cycling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual Pursuit]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team Pursuit]]}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Gregor Braun''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯ ˈbʁaʊn|-|De-Gregor Braun.ogg}}; born 31 December 1955) is a retired [[track cyclist]] and [[road bicycle racer]] from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was a locksmith.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Die Welt hat Pedale und Freunde, die sie treten|last=Kraus|first=Rainer|publisher=Delius Klasing|year=2016|isbn=978-3-667-10706-0|location=Bielefeld|pages=128|language=de}}</ref>
He represented [[West Germany]] at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], Canada, where he won the gold medal in both the men's [[individual pursuit]] and in the [[team pursuit]] with [[Peter Vonhof]], [[Hans Lutz]] and [[Günther Schumacher]], corroborating their win a year before, also as amateurs, with capturing the gold in the men's team pursuit in the [[1975 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1975 world championships]] in [[Montreal]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/gregor-braun-1.html |title=Gregor Braun Olympic Results |access-date=29 April 2015 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711025619/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/gregor-braun-1.html |archive-date=11 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The West German Olympic track team for 1976 was managed by former track champion [[Gustav Kilian]]. In 1977 Braun turned professional, riding mostly on the road and proving himself a capable rider on the road by winning, ''inter alia'', the [[Giro di Sardegna]] (1983, 1980), the 14th stage of the [[1983 Giro d'Italia]], [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]] (1982), the [[Tre Valli Varesine]] (1981), [[Milano–Vignola]] (1981), the [[Deutschland Tour]] (1980), the [[Tour d'Indre-et-Loire]] (1979), the then [[Rund um den Henninger-Turm]], three national road championships (1983, 1980, 1978) and ending on the podium in the [[1982 Paris–Roubaix]], the 1982 [[Amstel Gold Race (men's race)|Amstel Gold Race]] and the 1978 [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]].
On the track as a professional, Braun became world champion in the (then) 5k pursuit in the [[1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1977 world championships]] and the [[1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1978 track world championships]] and won bronze in this discipline in [[1985 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1985]]. Furthermore, he won the 1979 European championships [[Madison (cycling)|madison]] (with [[Patrick Sercu]]). Additionally, Braun started in 44 (mostly German) [[six-day racing|six-day races]], 4 to 6 per season, resulting in 11 wins, with [[Patrick Sercu]] (4 wins), [[René Pijnen]] (4×), [[Dietrich Thurau]] (2×) and [[Gert Frank]] (1×) and proving himself very well able to win these races when coupled with a top six-days rider.
In 2023, Braun was found guilty of [[child sexual abuse]] and sentenced to thirty-three months in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-29 |title=Former Olympic gold medal cyclist convicted in German child sex abuse case |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-cycling-olympics-child-sexual-abuse-cc78434c4704c2b401d7f080b764fa43 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
==Major results== ===Road=== {{div col}} ;1974 : 2nd [[Rund um Düren]] ;1977 : 2nd Overall [[Étoile des Espoirs]] ::1st Prologue ([[team time trial|TTT]]) : 2nd Overall [[Circuit Cycliste Sarthe]] : 6th [[Grand Prix des Nations]] : 9th Overall [[Tour Méditerranéen]] ::1st Stage 2a : 10th [[Rund um den Henninger Turm]] ;1978 : 1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] [[German National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships : 1st [[Rund um den Henninger Turm]] : 1st Prologue [[Tour Méditerranéen]] : 1st Prologue ([[team time trial|TTT]]) [[Tour d'Indre-et-Loire]] : 3rd [[1978 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]] : 6th [[Critérium des As]] : 7th [[1978 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]] : 10th Overall [[Tour of Belgium]] ::1st Stage 3 ;1979 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Tour d'Indre-et-Loire]] : 1st Stage 4 [[Tour Méditerranéen]] : 3rd [[Rund um den Henninger Turm]] : 4th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]] : 9th [[Grand Prix des Nations]] ;1980 : 1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] [[German National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Deutschland Tour]] : 1st {{cjersey|red}} Overall [[Giro di Sardegna]] ::1st Stage 2b ([[individual time trial|ITT]]) : 1st Stage 5 ([[individual time trial|ITT]]) [[1980 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]] : 1st Stage 2b [[Tour d'Indre-et-Loire]] : 2nd Overall Cronostaffetta ([[team time trial|TTT]]) ::1st Stage 1c ([[individual time trial|ITT]]) : 3rd [[Nice–Alassio]] : 5th [[Trofeo Pantalica]] ;1981 : 1st [[Tre Valli Varesine]] : 1st [[Milano–Vignola]] : 1st [[Flèche Hesbignonne]] : 2nd [[GP Union Dortmund]] : 3rd Overall [[Ruota d'Oro]] : 4th [[1981 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]] ;1982 : 1st [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]] : 3rd [[1982 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]] : 3rd [[1982 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]] : 5th Overall [[1982 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]] ::1st Stage 5 : 5th [[Rund um den Henninger Turm]] : 5th [[Paris–Brussels]] : 10th [[1982 Brabantse Pijl|Brabantse Pijl]] : 10th [[1982 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]] ;1983 : 1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] [[German National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships : 1st {{cjersey|red}} Overall [[Giro di Sardegna]] : 1st Stage 14 [[1983 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] : 2nd [[Trofeo Laigueglia]] : 6th [[1983 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]] : 10th Overall [[Three Days of De Panne]] ;1984 : 5th [[1984 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]] : 7th [[1984 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]] ;1985 : 2nd [[Firenze–Pistoia]] ;1987 : 1st Stage 1a (ITT) [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]] {{div col end}}
===Track=== {{div col}} ;1973 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] Madison ::1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] Individual pursuit : 2nd [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|15px]] Individual pursuit, [[UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)|European Junior Track Championships]] ;1975 : 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[1975 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Amateur Track World Championships]] : National Amateur Track Championships ::1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] Individual pursuit ::1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] Madison ;1976 : [[1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] ::1st [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]] ::1st [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] : National Amateur Track Championships ::1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] Individual pursuit ::1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] Madison ;1977 : 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]], [[1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]] ;1978 : 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]], [[1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]] : 1st [[File:UEC_Champion_Jersey.svg|20px]] [[UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] (with [[Patrick Sercu]]), [[European Track Championships]] : 1st [[Six Days of Munich]] (with Patrick Sercu) ;1979 : 1st [[Six Days of Cologne]] (with Patrick Sercu) : 1st [[Six Days of Frankfurt]] (with [[René Pijnen]]) ;1980 : 1st [[Six Days of Dortmund]] (with Patrick Sercu) : 1st [[Six Days of Berlin]] (with Patrick Sercu) : 1st [[Six Days of Frankfurt]] (with René Pijnen) ;1981 : 1st [[Six Days of Berlin]] (with [[Dietrich Thurau]]) : 1st [[Six Days of Frankfurt]] (with Dietrich Thurau) : 1st [[Six Days of Bremen]] (with René Pijnen) ;1983 : 1st [[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] Madison (with [[Henry Rinklin]]), National Track Championships : 1st [[Six Days of Bremen]] (with René Pijnen) ;1984 : 1st [[Six Days of Stuttgart]] (with [[Gert Frank]]) ;1985 : 3rd [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|15px]] [[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]], [[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]] {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Cycling Archives cyclist}} * {{ProCyclingStats cyclist}} * {{CycleBase cyclist}} * {{Olympics.com|gregor-braun}} * {{Olympedia}}
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