Gerhard Dietrich

East German gymnast
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Gerhard Dietrich
Dietrich in 1968
Personal information
Born(1942-05-12)12 May 1942
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Died9 March 2024(2024-03-09) (aged 81)[1]
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubASK Vorwärts Potsdam
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Dortmund Team
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Ljubljana Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Tampere Vault
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Tampere Pommel horse

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

  1. ^ Gerhard Dietrich's obituary (in German)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Herren". sport-komplett.de (in German).
  4. ^ "Turnen – Europameisterschaften Herren". sport-komplett.de (in German).


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