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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)
Gymnastics career
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. She won another silver team medal at the 1974 World Championships.

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.

References

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irene Abel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
2. "Turnen – Weltmeisterschaften Damen". sport-komplett.de (in German).
3. "Gymnastic Greats: Irene Abel (GDR)". Gymn.ca. 13 January 2001. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.

• 1953 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from East Berlin
• Gymnasts from Berlin
• German female artistic gymnasts
• Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
• Olympic gymnasts for Germany
• Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Olympic medalists in gymnastics
• Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
• 20th-century German sportswomen
• East German female artistic gymnasts
• SC Dynamo Berlin sportspeople