Christine Schmitt

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Christine Schmitt
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Christine Schmitt in 1972
Personal information
Born (1953-05-26) 26 May 1953 (age 72)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
Sport Women's artistic gymnastics
ClubSC Empor Rostock
Medal record
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1972 Munich Team
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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

  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 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0822-0026, XX. Olympiade, DDR-Turnerinnen, Training.jpg
Christine Schmitt (second left) at the 1972 Olympics