Ulrike Klotz

German gymnast

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Ulrike Klotz

Country represented

East Germany

Born

(1970-11-15) 15 November 1970 (age 53)

Discipline

Artistic gymnastics

Medal record

Olympic Games

	1988 Seoul	Team
World Championships
	1985 Montreal	Floor
	1985 Montreal	Team
	1987 Rotterdam	Team

Ulrike Klotz (born 15 November 1970 in Cottbus) is a former gymnast who competed for East Germany. She won a bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Montreal 1985 Worlds and also won team bronze, a feat the GDR team repeated at the World Championships in 1987 and at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in 1988. In the Seoul Olympics, she qualified for the beam final, but fell three times and finished last.^[1] She ended her gymnastics career in 1989 due to injuries.^[2]

As of 2020, she is the only German to have ever won a World Championships medal on the floor apparatus.^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ulrike Klotz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
^ Duncan, Don (4 May 2012). ""The GDR was my homeland. It still is." – Paper Visual Art". Paper Visual Art. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ Herholz, Eckhard. "Ulrike Klotz vollendet heute das halbe Jahrhundert" [Ulrike Klotz is completing half a century today]. GYMmedia.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2024.