Gitta Escher

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

Gitta Escher (later Gitta Sommer, 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]

References

  1. Gitta Escher. sports-reference.com
  2. Volker Kluge: Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin 2000 ISBN 3-89602-348-9
Gitta Escher in 1976
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