Christine Schmitt (later Christine Dressel, born 26 May 1953) is a retired

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gymnast. She competed at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team competition. Her best individual result was 11th place in the vault. She won another silver medal with the East German team at the

1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 17th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia, in 1970. Cathy Rigby won the first medal for the United States women at the World Championships with a silver on balance beam. ...

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1953 births Sportspeople from Rostock Living people German female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for East Germany East German female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit People from Bezirk Rostock SC Empor Rostock athletes {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub