Thea Belmer (born 1941,

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) is a former

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. Belmer had her most successful year in 1963, when in April she won a gold medal on uneven bars and a silver medal on vault at the 1963 European Championships and in December won the national championships. At the

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in 1966, she was a member of the Dutch team, that came in 14th of 22 teams. Belmer married Piet Uijtendaal on 9 December 1966 in Amsterdam, after which she retired from competitive gymnastics and moved to live in

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.Turnhuwelijk Thea Belmer en de heer Uytendaal te Amsterdam
at the Nationaal Archief website

Thea Belmer stopt met turnen
in the ''Nieuwe Schiedamsche Courant'' of 25 November 1966.

References

1941 births Living people Dutch female artistic gymnasts European champions in gymnastics Gymnasts from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub