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Karin Büttner-Janz

East German artistic gymnast · Germany · Athletes · Born 1952 · age 74

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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 intervertebral disc, and from 1990 to 2012, she was chief physician of clinics in Berlin, Germany.

A life in dates

2003International Gymnastics Hall of FameAward1972East German Sportspersonality of the YearAward1967East German Sportspersonality of the YearAward1952Born17 February 1952

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Karin Büttner-Janz (left) and Kurt Schellnack (center) developed the artificial spine disk Charité Disc in the 1980sKarin Büttner-Janz (left) and Kurt Schellnack (center) developed the artificial spine disk Charité Disc in the 1980sBüttner-Janz in Leipzig, 2017Büttner-Janz in Leipzig, 2017

Awards

International Gymnastics Hall of Fame2003
East German Sportspersonality of the Year1972
East German Sportspersonality of the Year1967
Order of Merit of Berlin
Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
National Prize of East Germany
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

About this person

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 intervertebral disc, and from 1990 to 2012, she was chief physician of clinics in Berlin, Germany. She has a foundation named Spinefoundation.

Country
Germany
Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
living
Dates
Born 1952 · age 74

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