Margitta Gummel

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Margitta Gummel

Margitta Gummel in 1971
Personal information
Birth name	Margitta Helmbold
Nationality	East Germany  Germany
Born	(1941-06-29)29 June 1941 Magdeburg, Saxony, Prussia, Germany
Died	26 January 2021(2021-01-26) (aged 79)[1] Wietmarschen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	SC DHfK, Leipzig
Achievements and titles
Personal best	20.22 m (1972)
Medal record Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Shot put 1972 Munich Shot put European Championships 1966 Budapest Shot put 1969 Athens Shot put 1971 Helsenki Shot put European Indoor Championships 1966 Dortmund Shot put 1968 Madrid Shot put 1971 Sofia Shot put

Margitta Gummel (née Helmbold, 29 June 1941 – 26 January 2021) was a German Olympic gold medal-winning shot putter. She competed for the Unified German team in the 1964 Summer Olympics, East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and East Germany again at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[2] She had a long rivalry with Nadezhda Chizhova of the Soviet Union.^[3]