Birgit Radochla (later Birgit Michailoff, born 31 January 1945) is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth place with the German team. Individually she won a silver medal in the vault and finished fourth in the floor exercise and all-around.[1] She also won three medals in individual events at the 1965 European championships.[2]
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Born | (1945-01-31) 31 January 1945 (age 77) Döbern, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Her father Helmut was a substitute gymnast for the German Olympic team in 1936, and in 1949 became the first champion of East Germany on pommel horse.[3]
After retiring from competitions, she completed her training as a kindergarten teacher at the Fröbel-Institut Berlin-Köpenik in 1971 and then worked as a clerk at her club SC Dynamo Berlin. She later received two more degrees of beautician and sports coach via evening school and distance learning. She married Michail Michailoff, a Bulgarian engineer and researcher in electronics and later also sports journalist.[3]
Radochla has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[4]
Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[lower-alpha 1] |
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Uneven bars | Radochla | From inner front support on low bar - cast with salto roll forward to hang on high bar | D |
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