Irene Abel
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 Abel in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 February 1953 East Berlin, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Irene Abel (born 2 February 1953) is a retired German artistic gymnast. She competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal with the East German team. Her best individual result was seventh place in the vault.[1] She won another silver team medal at the 1974 World Championships.[2]
After retiring from competitions she worked as gymnastics coach at her club Dynamo Berlin. She also trains her daughter Katja (born 1983), who competed at the 2008 Olympics.[1][3]
References[]
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irene Abel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Damen". sport-komplett.de (in German).
- ^ "Gymnastic Greats: Irene Abel (GDR)". Gymn.ca. 13 January 2001. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
Irene Abel (5th from left, looking at the camera) with the East German team at the 1972 Olympics
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Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from East Berlin
- Gymnasts from Berlin
- German female artistic gymnasts
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic gymnasts of Germany
- Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 20th-century German women