Christine Schmitt
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![]() Christine Schmitt in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Rostock, Germany | 26 May 1953||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Empor Rostock | ||||||||||||||||
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Christine Schmitt (later Christine Dressel, born 26 May 1953) is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team competition. Her best individual result was 11th place in the vault.[1] She won another silver medal with the East German team at the 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christine Schmitt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Damen. sport-komplett.de
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Christine Schmitt (second left) at the 1972 Olympics
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- 1953 births
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- German female artistic gymnasts
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- Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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