Roselore Sonntag

Roselore Sunday ( born February 6, 1934 in Geringswalde as Roselore Stöbe ) is a former German gymnast devices. She participated at the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960. Even as a turn trainer, she enjoyed great success.

Life

The then unmarried Roselore Stöbe 1952 first participated at the Saxon Championships in artistic gymnastics. Two years later, she made the first DDR far talked about. Starting yet for Lok Leipzig East, it was DDR Champion on the uneven bars. In 1956, she proved that this was not a fluke performance. Meanwhile, starting for the SC locomotive Leipzig, was Roselore Stöbe 3 times GDR champion in the all around, on the ground and on the uneven bars. Overall, from 1957 with the Leipzig Turner and later gymnastics coach Henry married Sunday to 1960 ten GDR Champion titles, including three secured in the all around. Until 1962 also came six runner-up title and three third placings added. International took Roselore Sunday as active at the gymnastics world championships in 1958 and 1962 as well as 1960 at the Olympic Games in Rome in part. While she took it in the individual disciplines Placements 21-64, it reached a respectable 6th place in the team competition. Within the Olympic team, which consisted only of gymnasts of the GDR was the second strongest athlete Roselore Sunday behind Ingrid Föst. With the birth of her first son in 1963 Heiko Sunday ended active career.

From then on she worked as a trainer at SC Leipzig and from 1969 as a national trainer. In the period following their protégés as Erika Zuchold, Karin Janz, Kerstin Gerschau or Steffi Kräker came to success at World Championships and Olympic Games. The greatest success which we apply the 3 medals by Karin Büttner - Janz and the silver medal in the team competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Her husband had in the 1980s success as manager of Sven Tippelt.

Meanwhile, the mother of two, lives with her husband back in his native home in Gering forest.