Ute Starke (GDR)

1961 European V Champion

Starke (right) won 3 gold medals at the
1961 GDR Championships.

Medal Total

Olympic Games:  1 Bronze
European Championships:  1 Gold, 1 Silver

Ute was born on January 14, 1939, in Eisleben.  Ellen began gymnastics at age 12 and trained at SC Lokomotiv Leipzig/SC Leipzig with coaches Ellen Berger and Sylvia Hlavacek.  Stark was the first female gymnast to perform a Yamashita vault, which she debuted at the 1963 GDR Gymfest.  In 1961, Ute was voted GDR Sportswoman of the Year.  She retired from the sport in 1968 and became a coach.

Competition Results

1957
9th Berlin Gymnastics Meet: 6th AA
GDR Championships: 8th AA
POL-GDR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 3rd AA

1958
GDR Championships: 5th AA
World Championships:  9th Team, 42nd AA
YUG-GDR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 2nd AA

1959
CSSR-GDR Dual Meet:  2nd Team, 13th AA
GDR-ROM Dual Meet:  1st Team, 7th AA
GDR-ROM-FRA Dual Meet:  1st Team, 6th AA

1960
GDR-BUL Dual Meet:  1st Team, 3rd AA
GDR Championships:  3rd AA, 2nd B, 2nd FX, 3rd UB, 4th V
GDR-CSSR Dual Meet: 2nd Team, 6th AA, 3rd V
HUN-GDR Dual Meet:  2nd Team, 4th AA
Olympic Games:  6th Team, 31st AA
POL-GDR Dual Meet:  2nd Team, 2nd AA
ROM-GDR-POL:  2nd Team, 4th AA

1961
European Championships:  5th AA, 1st V, 4th B, 4th FX
GDR Championships:  2nd AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 1st FX

1962
GDR Championships:  2nd AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 2nd B, 6th FX
SWE-GDR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 1st AA

1963
GDR Championships:  5th AA, 1st UB, 4th FX, 5th B
GDR-CSSR Dual Meet:  2nd Team, 8th AA
GDR-ROM Dual Meet:  1st Team, 6th AA

1964
BUL-GDR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 2nd AA
CSSR-GDR Dual Meet:  2nd Team, 5th AA
GDR Championships:  5th AA, 2nd V, 3rd UB, 3rd FX
GDR-SWE Dual Meet:  1st Team, 4th AA
GDR-USSR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 3rd AA
Olympic Games:  4th Team, 6th AA, 6th V
POL-GDR-HUN:  1st Team, 4th AA

1965
European Championships:  7th AA, 2nd V
GDR Championships:  1st AA, 1st B, 3rd V, 3rd FX, 6th UB
GDR-SWE Dual Meet:  1st Team, 2nd AA

1966
POL-GDR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 3rd AA
SWE-GDR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 1st AA
Tbilisi Invitational:  5th AA
World Championships:  4th Team, 23rd AA, 4th V
Yerevan International: 2nd UB, 5th VT

1967
GDR Championships:  6th AA, 4th V
GDR-POL Dual Meet:  1st Team, 3rd AA
GDR-ROM Dual Meet:  1st Team, 5th AA

1968
GDR-BUL Dual Meet:  1st Team, 6th AA
GDR Championships:  4th AA, 3rd V, 5th B, 6th UB
Olympic Games:  3rd Team, 22nd AA

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