Katharina Rensch
East German gymnast
Katharina Rensch (later Schirmer, born 7 October 1964) is a German retired gymnast.
She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events, and won a bronze medal in the team competition. Her best individual result was sixth place in the vault. She won another bronze medal with the East German team at the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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