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Christine Schmitt

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Christine Schmitt
Christine Schmitt in 1972
Personal information
Born (1953-05-26) 26 May 1953 (age 71)
Rostock, East Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubSC Empor Rostock
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1970 Ljubljana Team

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Damen. sport-komplett.de
Christine Schmitt (second left) at the 1972 Olympics