Birgit Süß

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameBirgit•Süß (-Saul)
Used nameBirgit•Süß
Born29 March 1962 in Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt (GER)
Measurements164 cm / 50 kg
AffiliationsSV Halle, Halle (Saale) (GER)
NOC East Germany
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Birgit Süß was a member of the bronze medal winning East German women’s gymnastics team at the 1980 Moskva Olympics. Individually she failed to reach a final. At the 1978 and 1981 World Championships she also won team bronze medals. Süß later studied medicine and became manager of a laboratory diagnosis center at Hettstedt.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1980 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) GDR Birgit Süß
Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic) 17 r1/2
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) East Germany 3 Bronze
Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic) 12 r1/1
Horse Vault, Women (Olympic) =6 r1/1
Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic) =14 r1/1
Balance Beam, Women (Olympic) =29 r1/1