Gerhard Dietrich

Gerhard Dietrich (born 12 May 1942) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal with the East German team. Individually his best achievement was 20th place on the pommel horse.[1] He won four more bronze medals at the world championships in 1966 and 1970[2] and European championships in 1967.[3]

Gerhard Dietrich
Dietrich in 1968
Personal information
Born (1942-05-12) 12 May 1942
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubASK Vorwärts Potsdam

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gerhard Dietrich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren". sport-komplett.de (in German).
  3. "Turnen – Europameisterschaften Herren". sport-komplett.de (in German).


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