Regina Weber (born 12 April 1963) is a German former individual

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. She is the 1984 Olympic All-around bronze medalist.

Personal life

She married the Senegalese former footballer

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. They have 3 sons: Kim Sané,

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Career

Weber competed in her first Worlds at the 1981 World Championships finishing in 10th place in the all-around. She got her highest placement finishing 8th in all-around at the 1983 World Championships. When rhythmic gymnastics was officially added as an Olympic Sport in 1984, athletes from

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were considered as favorites, but the Eastern led Boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics meant the top competitors were absent. Weber then went to win the bronze medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

behind Romanian silver medalist Doina Stăiculescu. Between 1981 and 1986 she won nearly all national titles in various rhythmic gymnastics events in

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. Weber returned to international competition for the 1987 World Championships where she finished 12th in the all-around. She announced her retirement that same year at the end of the season.

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* * * 1963 births Living people German rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic gymnasts for West Germany West German rhythmic gymnasts Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics People from Harburg (district) Sportspeople from Lower Saxony TV Wattenscheid athletes Sportspeople from Essen {{rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub