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
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Team
World Championships
1966 Dortmund Team
1970 Ljubljana Team
European Championships
1967 Tampere Vault
1967 Tampere Pommel horse

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).


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.