Regina Weber
{{short description|German rhythmic gymnast}}
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Regina Weber (born 12 April 1963) is a German former individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for West Germany. She is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist and a six-time German national all-around champion.
Personal life
Weber is married to Senegalese former footballer Souleyman Sané. They have three sons: Kim Sané, Leroy Sané and Sidi Sané.{{Cite web |last=Böhne |first=Kai |title=Ein Profi spielt eben auch auf Aschenplätzen |trans-title=A professional also plays on clay courts |url=http://www.artikelagentur.de/images/stories/samy_sane_schwarzwaelder_bote.pdf |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=artur |language=German}}
Career
Weber competed for TV Wattenscheid.{{Cite news |date=1984-11-19 |title=Mit Tränen verabschiedet |trans-title=Farewell with tears |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1984/pdf/19841119.pdf/ASV_HAB_19841119_HA_016.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213174749/https://www.abendblatt.de/archive/1984/pdf/19841119.pdf/ASV_HAB_19841119_HA_016.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-13 |work=Hamburger Abendblatt |pages=16 |language=German |format=PDF}} Between 1981 and 1986 she won nearly all national titles in various rhythmic gymnastics events in West Germany, including all the all-around titles, and she was the silver medalist in 1987.{{Cite web |title=Rhythmische Sportgymnastik - Deutsche Meisterschaften |trans-title=Rhythmic Gymnastics - German Championships (team and all-around) |url=https://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rhythm_sportgymnastik/hst/17.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=www.sport-komplett.de |language=German}}{{Cite web |title=Rhythmische Sportgymnastik - Deutsche Meisterschaften |trans-title=Rhythmic Gymnastics - German Championships (individual competitions) |url=https://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rhythm_sportgymnastik/hst/18.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=www.sport-komplett.de |language=German}}
Weber participated in the first European Championships in 1978, where she placed 14th in the all-around.{{Cite web |title=1. European Championships in Madrid, Spain (10.-12. October 1978) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1978/em_madrid_78_aa.html#Iall_around |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}} The next year, she competed at her first World Championships at the 1979 World Championships, where she was 14th in the all-around and competed in the ball final.{{Cite web |title=9. World Championships in London, Great Britain (4.-5. July 1979) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1979/wm_london_79.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}}
At her next European Championships in 1980, she placed 6th in the all-around and qualified for three event finals, all but ribbon, and placed 8th in all three.{{Cite web |title=2. European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands (24.-26. October 1980) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1980/em_amsterdam_80.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}} The next year, she was 10th at the 1981 World Championships, and the year after, she tied for 9th at the 1982 European Championships.{{Cite web |title=10. World Championships in Munich, (West Germany) (17.-20. October 1981) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1981/wm_munchen_81.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}}{{Cite web |title=3. European Championships in Stavanger, Norway (28.-31. October 1982) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1982/em_stavanger_82_aa.html#Iall_around |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}} She tied for 8th at the 1983 World Championships.{{Cite web |title=11. World Championships in Strasbourg, France (10.-11. November 1983) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1983/wm_strasbourg_83.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}}
When rhythmic gymnastics was officially added as an Olympic sport in 1984, athletes from the USSR and Bulgaria were considered to be the medal favorites, but the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics meant the top competitors were absent. Weber went on to win the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics behind Romanian silver medalist Doina Stăiculescu.{{Cite web |title=Regina Weber Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/regina-weber-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021316/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/regina-weber-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18 |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}} This was the only Olympic medal won by a German gymnast until Darja Varfolomeev won gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics four decades later.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-10 |title=Records made in the Paris 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics competition |url=https://live.gymnastics.sport/news_display.php?idevent=17041&urlnews=4263745&keyword= |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}} She finished her 1984 season by competing at the European Championships in November, where she placed 11th in the all-around and qualified for the ball and clubs finals.
Weber did not compete at the 1985 World Championships,{{Cite web |title=12. World Championships in Valladolid, Spain (10.-13. October 1985) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1985/wm_valladolid_85_aa.html#Iall_around |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}} but at the 1986 European Championships, she was 7th in the all-around and qualified for all four apparatus finals.{{Cite web |title=5. European Championships in Florence, Italy (18.-21. September 1986) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1986/em_florenz_86.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}} Her last major competition was the 1987 World Championships, where she finished 12th in the all-around and qualified to the hoop final.{{Cite web |title=13. World Championships in Varna, Bulgaria (17.-20. September 1987) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1987/wm_varna_87.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=rsg.net}}
She currently works as a teacher in Bochum.{{Cite web |last=Gußen |first=Helena |date=2012-02-12 |title=Waghalsiges bei Watt’n Zirkus |trans-title=Daring at Watt’n Circus |url=https://www.waz.de/staedte/wattenscheid/article6342751/waghalsiges-bei-watt-n-zirkus.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=www.waz.de |language=de}}
References
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External links
- {{FIG|bio=19199|lic=2763}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
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Category:German rhythmic gymnasts
Category:Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
Category:Olympic gymnasts for West Germany
Category:West German rhythmic gymnasts
Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Harburg (district)
Category:Gymnasts from Lower Saxony