Annette Potempa

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameAnnette•Potempa
Used nameAnnette•Potempa
Born18 September 1976 in Chorzów, Śląskie (POL)
Measurements149 cm / 38 kg
AffiliationsKTZ Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach (GER)
NOC Germany

Biography

Polish-born gymnast Annette Potempa finished ninth with the reunified German team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. In the individual all-around she came 74th and did not reach an apparatus final. Domestically, she never won a national title.

Potempa first trained as a physiotherapist but later completed music and ballet training and became an actress in some well-known musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, Jedermann, Jungle Book, West Side Story, and Cabaret, among others. She also occasionally acted as a voice actor and played in theatre productions such as Cyrano de Bergerac, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and others.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1992 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) GER Annette Potempa
Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic) 74 r1/2
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) Germany 9
Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic) 82 r1/1
Horse Vault, Women (Olympic) =39 r1/1
Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic) 89 r1/1
Balance Beam, Women (Olympic) 48 r1/1