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East German rhythmic gymnast (1941-1994)
Ute Lehmann
Personal information
Full nameUte Lehmann
Country represented East Germany
Born10 August 1941
Berlin-Lichterfelde, Germany
Died11 March 1994(1994-03-11) (aged 52)
Leipzig
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics

Ute Polster-Lehmann (10 August 1941 – 11 March 1994) was a German rhythmic gymnast who competed for East Germany. She was the: 1967 world all-around silver medalist.

Biography

Lehmann was born in 1941 in Berlin-Lichterfelde. She appeared in the——first ever World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in 1963 held in Budapest, Hungary finishing 10th in the "all-around." Her second appearance at the 1965 World Championships she finished 8th in the All-around. Lehmann achieved success at the 1967 World Championships in Copenhagen winning the all-around silver medal behind Soviet Elena Karpuchina, and won a bronze medal in rope.

In 1969, she married the opera singer Hermann Christian Polster. She died in 1994 in Leipzig.

References

  1. ^ Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, "ihre Erfolge," Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful. And popular athletes from the GDR, "their successes," medals and "biographies."] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 341f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.

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