Gitta Escher
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| File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R0320-0025, Gitta Escher.jpg Escher in 1976 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 March 1957 Nordhausen, East Germany |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Club | SV Halle |
Medal record | |
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Gitta Escher (later Sommer then Wagenknecht, born 18 March 1957) is a German former gymnast. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal in the team competition. Individually she finished fifth in the vault and sixth in the floor exercise, balance beam and all-around.[1] After retirement from competition she worked as a gymnastics coach at her club SV Halle.[2]
References
- ↑ Gitta Escher Archived 30 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin 2000 ISBN 3-89602-348-9
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- 1957 births
- Sportspeople from Thuringia
- Living people
- German female artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts for East Germany
- East German female artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- People from Nordhausen, Thuringia
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Erfurt
- SC Chemie Halle sportspeople