Gitta Escher
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]
 Gitta Escher in 1976 | |||||||||||
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| Born | 18 March 1957 Nordhausen, Germany | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||
| Club | SV Halle | ||||||||||
Medal record
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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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