Michael Nikolay

{{short description|East German gymnast}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{expand German|topic=bio|date=December 2021|Michael Nikolay}}

{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Michael Nikolay

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-U1206-0032, Michael Nikolay.jpg

| image_size = 260px

| caption = Nikolay in 1979

| full_name =

| nickname =

| country = {{GDR}}

| formercountry =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|12|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany

| hometown =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.75 m

| discipline = MAG

| natlteam =

| club = SC Dynamo Berlin

| gym =

| collegeteam =

| headcoach =

| assistcoach =

| formercoach =

| choreographer =

| music =

| eponymousskills =

| retired =

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1980 Moscow|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|1976 Montreal|Pommel horse}}

{{MedalBronze|1976 Montreal|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|1980 Moscow|Pommel horse}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1981 Moscow|Pommel horse}}

{{MedalBronze|1978 Strasbourg|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1977 Vilna|Pommel horse}}

}}

Michael Nikolay (born 13 December 1956) is a retired German gymnast. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze and a silver medal with the East German team, respectively. Individually he won two bronze medals in the pommel horse at both Games; he also finished fourth on the horizontal bar and on the parallel bars in 1980.

At the world championships, he won a gold medal in the pommel horse in 1981 and a bronze in the team competition in 1978. He also won a European silver in the pommel horse in 1977.