Gerhard Dietrich

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)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
East Germany East Germany
ClubASK Vorwärts Potsdam
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1968 Mexico CityTeam
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1966 DortmundTeam
Bronze medal – third place1970 LjubljanaTeam
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1967 TampereVault
Bronze medal – third place1967 TamperePommel 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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