Gitta Escher
German gymnast
Escher in 1976 | ||||||||||||
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Born | (1957-03-18) 18 March 1957 (age 67) Nordhausen, East Germany | |||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
Club | SV Halle | |||||||||||
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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]
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