Katharina Rensch

Katharina Rensch
Rensch in 1980
Personal information
Born (1964-10-07) 7 October 1964 (age 60)
East Berlin, East Germany
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubBerliner TSC
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Fort Worth Team

Katharina Rensch (later Schirmer, born 7 October 1964) is a German retired gymnast. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal in the team competition. Her best individual result was sixth place in the vault.[1] She won another bronze medal with the East German team at the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katharina Rensch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Damen". sport-komplett.de (in German).


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