What is Margitta Gummel?
[[File:Margitta Gummel (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Margitta Gummel''' (née '''Helmbold''', 29 June 1941 – 26 January 2021) was a German Olympic shot putter. She competed for [[Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics|the Unified German team]] in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]. She also participated at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172533/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/margitta-helmbold-gummel-1.html Margitta Helmbold-Gummel]. sports-reference.com</ref> Gummel had a long rivalry with [[Nadezhda Chizhova]] of the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=5104|title=Margitta Gummel|last=Casey|first=Ron|work=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=3 May 2009}}</ref> She won an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and a silver medal in 1972. Gummel was born in [[Magdeburg]], [[Nazi Germany]]. She won two silver medals (1966, 1969) and a bronze medal (1971) at the [[European Athletics Championships]]. Gummel died on 26 January 2021 in [[Wietmarschen]], [[Germany]] at the age of 79.<ref>[https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-01/27/kugelstoss-olympiasiegerin-margitta-gummel-gestorben Kugelstoß-Olympiasiegerin Margitta Gummel gestorben] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gummel, Margitta}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Shot putters]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for East Germany]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany]] {{sports-bio-stub}}