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Birgit Radochla

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Birgit Radochla
Birgit Radochla in 1963
Personal information
Born (1945-01-31) 31 January 1945 (age 79)
Döbern, Germany
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Vault
Representing  East Germany
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1965 Sofia Floor
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Sofia Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Sofia All-around

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]

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]

Eponymous skill

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Radochla has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[4]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a]
Uneven bars Radochla From inner front support on low bar - cast with salto roll forward to hang on high bar D
  1. ^ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Birgit Radochla". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013.
  2. ^ Turnen – Europameisterschaften Damen. sport-komplett.de
  3. ^ a b Birgit Radochla feierte 60. Geburtstag in Berlin Archived 17 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine. GYMmedia.de
  4. ^ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

See also

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