Birgit Radochla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Birgit Radochla

East German gymnast

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Döbern, Brandenburg, Germany

Profession: artistic gymnast

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Birgit Radochla (later Birgit Michailoff, born 31 January 1945) is a retired German gymnast.
She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth place with the German team.
Individually she won a silver medal in the vault and finished fourth in the floor exercise and all-around.
She also won three medals in individual events at the 1965 European championships.Her father Helmut was a substitute gymnast for the German Olympic team in 1936, and in 1949 became the first champion of East Germany on pommel horse.After retiring from competitions, she completed her training as a kindergarten teacher at the Fröbel-Institut Berlin-Köpenik in 1971 and then worked as a clerk at her club SC Dynamo Berlin.
She later received two more degrees of beautician and sports coach via evening school and distance learning.
She married Michail Michailoff, a Bulgarian engineer and researcher in electronics and later also sports journalist.