Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Christa•Köhler (-Kinast) |
Used name | Christa•Köhler |
Born | 18 August 1951 in Vilz, Tessin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (GER) |
Measurements | 162 cm / 56 kg |
Affiliations | SC Empor Rostock, Rostock (GER) |
NOC | East Germany |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Diver Christa Köhler finished 11th at the 1972 München Games on springboard. Four years later she earned a silver medal at the 1976 Montréal Games. She won gold at both the 1973 Worlds and the 1977 Europeans. In 1969 and from 1975-77 she claimed the East German titles in this event.
Köhler later married her coach Max Kinast and became a diving coach as well. She first coached with SC Empor Rostock, and after re-unification was with WSC Rostock and coached at the Regional Olympic Center in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1972 Summer Olympics | Diving (Aquatics) | GDR | Christa Köhler | |||
Springboard, Women (Olympic) | 11 | |||||
1976 Summer Olympics | Diving (Aquatics) | GDR | Christa Köhler | |||
Springboard, Women (Olympic) | 2 | Silver |