| Dörte Thümmler | |
| Birth Date: | 1971 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | East Berlin, East Germany |
| Discipline: | WAG |
| Level: | Senior international elite |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Dörte Thümmler (born 29 October 1971) is a German former gymnast. She competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and competed for East Germany. She won many international competitions.[1] [2] In 1987, she was World Champion on the uneven bars (tied with Daniela Silivaș).
Thümmler's career was ended at the age of 16 from back pain. She worked as a restaurant clerk, but had to retire at age 38 due to ill health, in part caused by the effects of forced state-sponsored doping.[3] [4] Her stepfather, Manfred Thümmler, was head of sports medicine at SC Dynamo Berlin and a defendant in a 1999 doping trial, though his charges were dropped.[3]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | ||||||||
| 1985 | align=left | Junior Friendship Tournament | 48 | |||||
| 1986 | align=left | Cottbus International | ||||||
| align=left | Junior European Championships | 16 | ||||||
| align=left | Junior Friendship Tournament | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||
| align=left | Jr. GDR-USSR Dual Meet | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Senior | ||||||||
| 1987 | align=left | Chunichi Cup | 5 | |||||
| align=left | Cottbus International | 7 | 5 | |||||
| align=left | DTV Cup | |||||||
| align=left | 15 | |||||||
| align=left | GDR Championships | 6 | ||||||
| align=left | HOL-HUN-GDR Meet | |||||||
| align=left | Tokyo Cup | 4 | ||||||
| align=left | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 1988 | align=left | Cottbus International | 6 | |||||
| align=left | GDR Championships | 5 | ||||||
| align=left | Olympic Games | 7 | 4 | 8 | ||||