Gail Sontgerath‎‎

{{short description|American gymnast}}

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| nationality = American

| sport = Gymnastics

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|3|11}}

| birth_place = New Jersey, United States

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Gail Sontgerath (born March 11, 1944) is an American gymnast. She was the 1960 U.S. Women's National Amateur Athletic Union Gymnastics Champion.{{cite news|title=Former Women's National Champions|work=USA Gymastics|author=USAgym.org|accessdate=October 5, 2020|url=https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/nationalchamps_women.html|archive-date=August 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807023752/https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/nationalchamps_women.html|url-status=dead}} She competed in six events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/gail-sontgerath-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043042/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/gail-sontgerath-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Gail Sontgerath Olympic Results |accessdate=July 31, 2019}}

Raised in Dover, New Jersey, Sontgerath moved to Florida as a child, graduating from Palm Beach High School and Florida State University.Robb, Sharon. [https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-06-02-9606010143-story.html "Then and Now"], Sun-Sentinel, June 2, 1996. Accessed August 3, 2019. "Hometown: Dover, N.J." In March 1961, she appeared as a mystery contestant on the television quiz show To Tell the Truth, where she was described as the highest scoring U.S. women's gymnast at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |title=To Tell the Truth, March 20, 1961|work=To Tell the Truth|author= To Tell the Truth|accessdate=October 5, 2020| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3lJNqDmZIc}}