Former Olympic Gold Medal Cyclist Convicted in German Child Sex Abuse Case

Former Olympic Gold Medal Cyclist Convicted in German Child Sex Abuse Case
Gregor Braun of West Germany on his way to win the individual 4.000 meter pursuit track cycling gold medal during the Olympics in Montreal on July 22, 1976. AP Photo
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BERLIN—A former champion cyclist who won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics has been convicted by a German court in a child sexual abuse case.

Gregor Braun was found guilty on Wednesday by a regional court in the southwestern city of Tuebingen of sexually abusing a child, soliciting the serious sexual abuse of a child, and soliciting the production of abuse imagery in several cases. He was sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment, the court said in a statement on Thursday.