Ute Starke (born 14 January 1939) is a German former gymnast. She competed at the

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1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in sixth, fourth and third place with the German and later East German teams. Individually her best achievement was sixth place on the vault in 1964. She won a gold and a silver medal in this event at the European championships of 1961 and 1965. She was elected 1961 East German Sportswoman of the Year after winning the European Championship on the vault. She was one of the first gymnasts from the former GDR who reached world class status. Between 1961 and 1965 Starke won seven East German individual titles. She is now considered responsible for the rise of world class women's gymnastics in East Germany, and later became a longtime gymnast coach at her home club SC Leipzig.

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1939 births Living people German female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for the United Team of Germany Olympic gymnasts for East Germany Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics European champions in gymnastics People from Eisleben Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt SC Leipzig athletes People from Bezirk Halle Gymnastics coaches East German sports coaches Female sports coaches {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub

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