page_title: Birgit Radochla
hierarchical_section_title: Birgit Radochla
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Birgit Radochla Zentralbild Kohls 27.8.1963 Mit 18 Jahren fünf Meistertitel - Birgit Radochla ist Neuwählerin. Fünf deutsche Meistertitel, den vierten Platz im Pferdsprung bei der Weltmeisterschaft 1962 in Prag sowie zahlreiche Siege in schweren internationalen Konkurrenzen - das weist die Statistik über eine Turnerin aus, die erst 18 Jahre alt ist und noch lange nicht auf dem Gipfel ihres Leistungsvermögens steht. Birgit Radochla (SC Dynamo Berlin) hat sich innerhalb von zwei Jahren an die Spitze der deutschen Turnerinnen gesetzt, und erst vor wenigen Tagen kehrte sie aus Budapest mit frischem internationalem Lorbeer zurück. In wenigen Wochen tritt Birgit Radochla nun zum ersten Mal an die Wahlurne. "Die Interessen aller Sportler liegen in unserem Staat in guten Händen. Ich verdanke meinen Aufstieg nicht nur der großzügigen Förderung, die der Sport in der DDR genießt. Doch wichtiger ist, daß sich unsere Regierung immer wieder unermüdlich für die Erhaltung des Friedens einsetzt, daß ich mich weiter im friedlichen Wettkampf mit meinen Sportfreundinnen in allen Ländern messen kann", sagte Birgit Radochla. (Näheres siehe ADN-Meldung Nr. 600 - 603 vom 27.8.63) UBz: Birgit Radochla auf dem Schwebebalken.
context_page_description: Birgit Radochla is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth place with the German team. Individually she won a silver medal in the vault and finished fourth in the floor exercise and all-around. She also won three medals in individual events at the 1965 European championships.
  Her father Helmut was a substitute gymnast for the German Olympic team in 1936, and in 1949 became the first champion of East Germany on pommel horse.
  After retiring from competitions, she completed her training as a kindergarten teacher at the Fröbel-Institut Berlin-Köpenik in 1971 and then worked as a clerk at her club SC Dynamo Berlin. She later received two more degrees of beautician and sports coach via evening school and distance learning. She married Michail Michailoff, a Bulgarian engineer and researcher in electronics and later also sports journalist.
context_section_description: Birgit Radochla (later Birgit Michailoff, born 31 January 1945) is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth place with the German team. Individually she won a silver medal in the vault and finished fourth in the floor exercise and all-around. She also won three medals in individual events at the 1965 European championships.
  Her father Helmut was a substitute gymnast for the German Olympic team in 1936, and in 1949 became the first champion of East Germany on pommel horse.
  After retiring from competitions, she completed her training as a kindergarten teacher at the Fröbel-Institut Berlin-Köpenik in 1971 and then worked as a clerk at her club SC Dynamo Berlin. She later received two more degrees of beautician and sports coach via evening school and distance learning. She married Michail Michailoff, a Bulgarian engineer and researcher in electronics and later also sports journalist.
caption: Birgit Radochla in 1963
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