Gretchen Hehenberger

{{Short description|Austrian gymnast (1918–2012)}}

Gretchen Hehenberger (10 February 1918 – 11 March 2012{{Cite web|url=https://www.genios.de/document?id=KRON__342B7101D2D5631464D912410C451A9C&src=hitlist&offset=0|title=Anzeigen - Kronenzeitung|date=March 15, 2012|website=www.krone.at}}[http://www.hermandw.be/FullOlym/bioheh.htm Great Olympians: Gretchen Hehenberger]) was an Austrian gymnast who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/gretchen-hehenberger-1.html |accessdate=1 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217084122/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/gretchen-hehenberger-1.html |archivedate=17 December 2012 }}

Before moving to Austria after her marriage to Ernst Hehenberger (1917-2007) in 1943, Gretchen Sievers twice won the German championships in a combined Gymnastics and Track & Field competition including 10 different disciplines. She barely missed the 1936 Olympics due to a broken leg. In 1948, she already was the mother of two boys, Rainer (born 1944) and Michael (born 1945), respectively.