Irene Abel

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Irene Abel
Abel in 2022
Personal information
Born	(1953-02-12) 12 February 1953 (age 71) East Berlin, East Germany
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team World Championships 1974 Varna Team

Irene Abel (born 12 February 1953) is a retired German artistic gymnast. She competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal with the East German team. Her best individual result was seventh place in the vault.^[1] She won another silver team medal at the 1974 World Championships.^[2]

After retiring from competitions she worked as gymnastics coach at her club Dynamo Berlin. She also trains her daughter Katja (born 1983), who competed at the 2008 Olympics.^[1][3]

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