Maxi Gnauck, the former uneven bars queen turned 60

Maxi GNAUCK (GER)- who was the first German Olympic gymnastics champion to open the “Walk of Fame” of German artistic gymnastics in Freyburg (GER) with a stepping stone at the 100^th Jahnturnfest in August - is celebrating her 60^th birthday today in her adopted home of Switzerland.
Forty-five years ago in Fort Worth, Texas (1979) she became the last German all-around vice world champion and one year later in Moscow, the last German gymnastics Olympic champion on the uneven bars.
Born in Berlin, she was “Sportswoman of the Year” in the GDR in 1980 and also won the world title on uneven bars three times in a row in the 1980's, was European champion five times and remained the unbeaten queen of the uneven bars during her active career.
In 2000, she was the first German gymnast to be inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (Oklahoma City, USA), which also invited her to a reception as a guest of honor at the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart on the sidelines of the 2019 World Gymnastics Championships. However, a meeting with Romanian gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci did not take place at the time: Maxi had long since returned home to the club training hall of her “Gym Center Emme” in Utzentorf, Switzerland ...
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