Dörte Thümmler (born 29 October 1971) is a German former

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. She competed for the

SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was disbanded after German reunification and even ...

/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. She won many international competitions. In 1987, she was

World Champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

on the uneven bars (tied with

Daniela Silivaș Daniela Viorica Silivaș-Harper (; born 9 May 1972), is a Romanian former artistic gymnast best known for medaling in every single event at one Olympics, winning six medals (three gold, two silver, and one bronze) at the 1988 Summer Games in S ...

). Thümmler's career was ended at the age of 16 from back pain. She worked as a restaurant clerk, but had to retire at age 38 due to ill health, in part caused by the effects of forced state-sponsored doping. Her stepfather, Manfred Thümmler, was head of sports medicine at

and a defendant in a 1999 doping trial, though his charges were dropped.

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1971 births Living people German female artistic gymnasts World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gymnasts from Berlin Olympic gymnasts for East Germany SC Dynamo Berlin athletes East German female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze 20th-century German women 21st-century German women Sportspeople from East Berlin {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub