Erika Zuchold
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Erika Zuchold was an East German gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid-1960s to early 1970s.
Zuchold in 1972
Karin Büttner-Janz
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Karin Büttner-Janz is a German medical doctor and former gymnast who won World and Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics for East Germany. She is co-inventor of the first artificial intervertebra
Büttner-Janz in 1972
Karin Büttner-Janz (left) and Kurt Schellnack (center) developed the artificial spine disk Charité Disc in the 1980s
Büttner-Janz in Leipzig, 2017