| Melita Ruhn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Ruhn in 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1965 Sibiu, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1979–82 (ROM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Béla Károlyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Marta Károlyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Ana Crihan, Adrian Goreac[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Geza Poszar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melita Ruhn (later Fleischer, born 19 April 1965) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2] She belongs to the German minority in Romania. She won three Olympic medals (team, vault, uneven bars) for Romania and scored a perfect ten for the vault optionals in the team competition of the 1980 Olympic Games.[3] In 1979 she was a member of the first world gold medal-winning team of Romania. She is also an all around and floor world bronze medalist.
- ^ Melita Ruhn. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Melita Ruhn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
- ^ "1980 Olympics, Women's Team"". "Gymn-Forum. 26 June 1999.