Irene Abel
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| Born | 12 February 1953 East Berlin, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Irene Abel (born 12 February 1953) is a retired German artistic gymnast. She competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal with the East German team. Her best individual result was seventh place in the vault.[1] She won another silver team medal at the 1974 World Championships.[2]
After retiring from competitions she worked as gymnastics coach at her club Dynamo Berlin. She also trains her daughter Katja (born 1983), who competed at the 2008 Olympics.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irene Abel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Damen". sport-komplett.de (in German).
- ^ "Gymnastic Greats: Irene Abel (GDR)". Gymn.ca. 13 January 2001. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
