Irene Abel

{{Short description|East German gymnast (born 1953)}}

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{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Irene Abel

| image = 2022-08-14 European Championships 2022 – Artistic Gymnastics Women's Apparatus Final Vault by Sandro Halank–113.jpg

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| caption = Abel in 2022

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1953|2|12}}

| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany

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| height = 1.60 m

| discipline = WAG

| club = SC Dynamo Berlin

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1972 Munich|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1974 Varna|Team}}

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Irene Abel (born 12 February 1953) is a retired German artistic gymnast. She competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal with the East German team. Her best individual result was seventh place in the vault. She won another silver team medal at the 1974 World Championships.

After retiring from competitions she worked as gymnastics coach at her club Dynamo Berlin. She also trains her daughter Katja (born 1983), who competed at the 2008 Olympics.