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dagmar kersten in 1988 sc dynamo berlin altdöbern , germany 45 kg lb on 250px 1.57 m ftin on artistic gymnastics 28 october 1970 bundesarchiv bild 183-1988-0722-020 , dagmar kersten.jpg dagmar kersten

dagmar kersten

dagmar kersten -lrb- born 28 october 1970 -rrb- is a retired east german gymnast .
she competed at the 1988 summer olympics and won a bronze medal in the team competition .
individually she won a silver medal on uneven bars and finished sixth in the vault and tenth in the floor , but failed on the balance beam and thus ended up eighth all-around .
in 1985 she won five medals at the world and european championships .
she was awarded the patriotic order of merit .
without her knowledge , kersten was part of the east german doping program .
in 1985 she suffered a serious spine injury and had to stop training .
as part of her recovery treatment she was prescribed oral turinabol , an anabolic steroid .
her physician , dr. bernd pansold , was later convicted in 1998 for the procurement of drugs to minors .
before the 1988 olympics she was administered other performance-enhancing drugs under disguise of nutrition supplements .
after german reunification , kersten moved to stuttgart and worked at the swabian gymnastics federation .
until 2002 she coached the german junior team .
later she worked as a speaker of the lower saxony gymnastics federation and a coach for an acrobatic show , which included her daughter alina .
she also holds second dan in taekwondo and teaches martial arts .
her son erik is a taekwondo practitioner .
