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
ClubASK Vorwärts Potsdam
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Team
World Championships
1966 Dortmund Team
1970 Ljubljana Team
European Championships
1967 Tampere Vault
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).