Maxi Gnauck
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  East Germany |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Artistic Gymnastics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | Uneven bars | |
| Silver | 1980 Moscow | All-around | |
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | Team competition | |
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | Floor exercise | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1979 Ft. Worth | Uneven bars | |
| Gold | 1981 Moscow | Uneven bars | |
| Gold | 1981 Moscow | Vault | |
| Gold | 1981 Moscow | Balance beam | |
| Gold | 1983 Budapest | Uneven bars | |
| Silver | 1979 Ft. Worth | All-around | |
| Bronze | 1979 Ft. Worth | Team | |
| Bronze | 1981 Moscow | Team | |
| Bronze | 1983 Budapest | Team | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1981 Madrid | All-around | |
| Gold | 1981 Madrid | Floor exercise | |
| Gold | 1981 Madrid | Uneven bars | |
| Gold | 1981 Madrid | Balance beam | |
| Gold | 1985 Helsinki | Uneven bars | |
| Silver | 1981 Madrid | Vault | |
| Silver | 1979 Copenhagen | Vault | |
| Silver | 1985 Helsinki | All-around | |
| Bronze | 1979 Copenhagen | Uneven bars | |
Maxi Gnauck (born October 10, 1964 in Berlin, East Germany) was a German Artistic Gymnast. Her parents were expecting a boy and they planned to name him Max so, when the baby turned out to be a girl, they simply added an i.[1]
With a total of 27 medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships she is considered one of the most successful woman gymnast that Germany has ever produced.
From yet another perspective, Gnauck also worked herself into a very short list of all-time greats due to the fact that she is one of only 6 woman gymnasts ever to have won an Olympic or World Championship gold on every apparatus (vault, uneven bars, beam, floor exercise), the other 5 gymnasts being Larissa Latynina, Vera Caslavska, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Nadia Comaneci, and Lavinia Milosovici.
When Maxi was 5, Her mother took her to a gymnastics centre in their area. By age 8, Maxi had won her first medals at the Kreisspartakiade. When she was 9 she transferred to the Club SC Dynamo Berlin, where she was coached by Jurgen Heritz. Considered one of the best Uneven Bars workers of her time, Maxi was also a super tumbler. She was one of the first girls to perform a triple twist on Floor.
In April 1986, Maxi officially announced her retirement and began studying to become a coach. During 1988, Maxi was severely injured while sliding down a waterslide while she was working as an aid at a children's summer camp by the Baltic Sea. Maxi broke her C5 vertebra and was nearly paralyzed. Three vertebrae were later reinforced with a metal plate.
Since 1993 Maxi has worked as a full-time coach at the Norderstedt Gymnastics Center in Hamburg. In 2000, she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame [2], She is the first German gymnast to be awarded that honor.
[edit] Results
| Year | Competition | Placing(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | East German Children's Spartakiade | 1st All-Around |
| 1977 | East German Juniors Championships | 5th All-Around |
| 1977 | East Germany-Czechoslovakia Juniors Dual Meet | 1st Team, 1st All-Around |
| 1978 | Chunichi Cup | 4th All-Around |
| 1978 | DTV Cup | 5th All-Around |
| 1978 | East Germany-Hungary Dual Meet | 1st team, 3rd All-Around |
| 1978 | Junior Friendship Tournament | 2nd Team, 3rd All-Around, 2nd Floor, 4th Bars, 6th Vault |
| 1979 | Cottbus International | 1st All-Around |
| 1979 | European Championships | 2nd Vault, 3rd Bars, 6th All-Around |
| 1979 | East German Championships | 2nd All-Around |
| 1979 | East German Cup | 4th All-Around |
| 1979 | East Germany-Norway-Sweden Tri-Meet | 1st Team, 1st All-Around |
| 1979 | World Championships | 3rd Team, 2nd All-Around, 1st Bars, 4th Floor, 6th Vault |
| 1980 | Cottbus International | 1st All-Around, 1st bars, 1st Beam, 1st Floor |
| 1980 | East German Championships | 4th All-Around |
| 1980 | East Germany-Hungary Dual Meet | 1st Team, 1st All-Around |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 3rd Team, 2nd All-Around, 1st Bars, 3rd Floor, 4th Beam, 6th Floor |
| 1980 | World Cup | 2nd All-Around, 1st Bars, 1st Floor, 6th Vault |
| 1981 | Cottbus International | 1st All-Around, 1st Bars, 1st Floor, 2nd Vault, 2nd Beam |
| 1981 | European Championships | 1st All-Around, 1st Bars, 1st Beam, 1st Floor, 2nd Vault |
| 1981 | East German Championships | 1st All-Around |
| 1981 | East Germany-Norway-Sweden Tri-Meet | 1st All-Around |
| 1981 | World Championships | 1st Vault, 1st Bars, 1st Beam, 3rd Team |
| 1982 | East German Championships | 1st All-Around, 1st Vault, 1st Bars, 1st Floor |
| 1982 | East Germany-Hungary Dual Meet | 1st Team, 1st All-Around |
| 1982 | World Cup | 5th All-Around, 1st Bars, 3rd Floor, 7th Vault |
| 1983 | Chunichi Cup | 4th All-Around, 1st Floor |
| 1983 | Cottbus International | 1st Vault, 1st Floor, 3rd All-Around |
| 1983 | Tokyo Cup | 1st Bars, 1st Floor |
| 1983 | World Championships | 1st Bars, 3rd Team, 4th Vault, 4th Beam, 7th All-Around |
| 1984 | Cottbus International | 1st Vault, 1st Floor, 4th All-Around |
| 1984 | Friendship Games in Olomouc | 1st Bars, 1st Floor, 3rd All-Around, 3rd Vault, 5th Beam |
| 1984 | DTB Cup | 1st All-Around, 1st Bars, 1st Floor, 2nd Vault, 5th Beam |
| 1984 | East German Championships | 1st All-Around, 1st Bars, 1st Floor, 3rd Vault |
| 1985 | Cottbus International | 1st Floor, 2nd All-Around, 2nd Vault |
| 1985 | European Championships | 1st Bars, 2nd All-Around, 4th Vault |
[edit] References
- ^ Maxi Gnauck
- ^ International Gymnastics Hall of Fame May 12 2007
[edit] External links
- Whatever Happened to Maxi Gnauck?
- A signed photo and list of competitive results
- Journal
- Maxi in Switzerland
- Floor
- Balance Beam
- Uneven bars
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Marita Koch |
East German Sportswoman of the Year 1980 |
Succeeded by Ute Geweniger |
