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

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. She competed for the

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, and competed for

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

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on the uneven bars (tied with Daniela Silivaș). 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 sportspeople 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 sportswomen Sportspeople from East Berlin {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub