Gretel Schiener

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Gretel Schiener
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Born (1940-04-09) 9 April 1940 (age 82)
Altenburg, Germany
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Sport Artistic gymnastics
ClubSC Lok Leipzig

Gretel Schiener (born 9 April 1940) is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in sixth place with the German team. Individually her best achievement was 21st place on the balance beam. [1]

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References

  1. Gretel Schiener Archived 2013-02-03 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com