20. May 2011  
Berlin, Germany  
Artistic Gymnastics

Olympic Champion Karin Buettner-Janz elected in German Hall of Fame

Prof. Dr. Karin Buettner Janz,

The two times Olympic gold medallist from Munich 1972, the medic Prof. Dr. Karin JANZ, was elected as a new member of the national "Hall of Fame" of German sports yesterday in the Hotel "Adlon" in Berlin, together with a prominent line of another top stars from East and West between the time from 1947 to 1972.
So the Hall of Fame includes now 66 person of German sports history.
After the Oly,pic champions Carl Schuhmann (1896) Alfred Schwarzmann (1936) and Helmut BANTZ (1956) Janz is the fourth,  but first femal gymnast, now.
Olympic Track and Field Olympic Champion Heide Ecker-Rosendahl (Munich 1972) was awarded with the "Golden Pyramid of Sports" by the "German Sports aids" organization.
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