East Germany women's national gymnastics team
The East Germany women's national artistic gymnastics team represented East Germany in FIG international competitions.
Continental union | European Union of Gymnastics |
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Appearances | 5 |
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History
Shortly after World War II Germany was split into East Germany and West Germany. For many years East and West Germany had competed as a Unified Team.[1] East Germany made their World Championships debut in 1962 and their Olympic debut in 1968.
Team competition results
Olympic Games
World Championships
- 1962 – 5th place
- 1966 – 4th place
- 1970 –
silver medal
- 1974 –
silver medal
- Angelika Hellmann, Annelore Zinke, Richarda Schmeißer, Bärbel Röhrich, Heike Gerisch, Irene Abel
- 1979 –
bronze medal
- 1981 –
bronze medal
- Steffi Kräker, Annett Lindner, Birgit Senff, Kerstin Jacobs, Franka Voigt, Maxi Gnauck
- 1983 –
bronze medal
- Maxi Gnauck, Gabriele Fähnrich, Astrid Heese, Diana Morawe, Silvia Rau, Bettina Schieferdecker
- 1985 –
bronze medal
- Gabriele Fähnrich, Jana Fuhrmann, Martina Jentsch, Dagmar Kersten, Ulrike Klotz, Jana Vogel
- 1987 –
bronze medal
- Dörte Thümmler, Ulrike Klotz, Martina Jentsch, Klaudia Rapp, Astrid Heese, Gabriele Fähnrich
Most decorated gymnasts
This list includes all East German female artistic gymnasts who have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined. This list does not includes medals won as a unified Germany. Also not included are medals won at the 1984 Friendship Games (alternative Olympics).
Rank | Gymnast | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Olympic Total | World Total | Total |
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4 | 9 | 13 |
2 | Karin Büttner-Janz | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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7 | 3 | 10 | |
3 | Erika Zuchold | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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5 | 5 | 10 | |
4 | Steffi Kräker | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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4 | 6 | 10 | |||
5 | Dagmar Kersten | ![]() ![]() |
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2 | 4 | 6 | ||
6 | Gabriele Fähnrich | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
7 | Angelika Hellmann | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
8 | Ulrike Klotz | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1 | 3 | 4 |
References
- Blakemore, Erin (February 12, 2018). "A Divided Germany Came Together for the Olympics Decades Before Korea Did". History.com.
- "EAST GERMANY JOINS SOVIET IN BOYCOTTING GAMES". New York Times. May 11, 1984.
- "Gymnastics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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