Gun Roering
Gun Margareta Röring (born June 16, 1930 in Umeå ; † March 17, 2006 there ) was a Swedish gymnast and Olympic champion.
At the World Gymnastics Championships in 1950 , the Swedish squad won the team title. Of the eight world champions from 1950, only Gunnel Ljungström was not part of the Swedish squad for the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki , Gun Röring was there for them. The Swedish squad with Evy Berggren , Vanja Blomberg , Karin Lindberg , Hjördis Nordin , Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling , Göta Pettersson , Gun Röring and Ingrid Sandahl took fourth place behind the teams from the Soviet Union, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. In the individual evaluation, Röring took 23rd place, her best device evaluation was 20th place on the floor . In the final group gymnastics with hand-held devices, the Swedish team won ahead of the Soviet Union and Hungary.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
Web links
- Gun Röring in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roring, Gun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Röring, Gun Margareta (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Umeå |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 2006 |
| Place of death | Umeå |