Katharina Rensch

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Katharina Rensch
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Rensch in 1980
Personal information
Born (1964-10-07) 7 October 1964 (age 59)
East Berlin, East Germany
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
ClubBerliner TSC
Medal record
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Moscow Team
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 Fort Worth Team

Katharina Rensch (later Schirmer, born 7 October 1964) is a German retired gymnast. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal in the team competition. Her best individual result was sixth place in the vault. [1] She won another bronze medal with the East German team at the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. [2]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katharina Rensch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Damen". sport-komplett.de (in German).