Gerhard Dietrich
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 Dietrich in 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 May 1942 Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 March 2024 (aged 81)[1] Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gerhard Dietrich (12 May 1942 – 9 March 2024) was a German 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.[2] He won four more bronze medals at the world championships in 1966 and 1970[3] and European championships in 1967.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Gerhard Dietrich's obituary (in German)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren". sport-komplett.de (in German).
- ^ "Turnen – Europameisterschaften Herren". sport-komplett.de (in German).
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