Dörte Thümmler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | East Berlin, East Germany | 29 October 1971|||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dörte Thümmler (born 29 October 1971) is a German former gymnast. She competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and competed for East Germany. She won many international competitions. [1] [2] In 1987, she was World Champion on the uneven bars (tied with Daniela Silivaș).
Thümmler's career was ended at the age of 16 from back pain. [3] She worked as a restaurant clerk, but had to retire at age 38 due to ill health, in part caused by the effects of forced state-sponsored doping. [3] [4] Her stepfather, Manfred Thümmler, was head of sports medicine at SC Dynamo Berlin and a defendant in a 1999 doping trial, though his charges were dropped. [3]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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1985 | Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) | 48 | |||||
1986 | Cottbus International | ||||||
Junior European Championships | 16 | ||||||
Junior Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||
Jr. GDR-USSR Dual Meet | 5 | 6 | |||||
1987 | Chunichi Cup | 5 | |||||
Cottbus International | 7 | 5 | |||||
DTV Cup | |||||||
Helsinki European Championships | 15 | ||||||
GDR Championships | 6 | ||||||
HOL-HUN-GDR Meet | |||||||
Tokyo Cup | 4 | ||||||
Rotterdam World Championships | 6 | 5 | |||||
1988 | Cottbus International | 6 | |||||
GDR Championships | 5 | ||||||
Seoul Olympic Games | 7 | 4 | 8 |