Johanna QUAAS in Interview
2011, August - Freyburg /Unstrut (Germany) Interview with the many times German Senior Champion of artistic gymnastics, the 86-years old Johanna Quaas from Halle (Saxony-Anhalt), at the 89th Jahnturnfest in the Jahn City of Freyburg. (c) gymmedia * Translated interview: Q: If there were World Championships or European Championships, you would be a candidate for a title, I would say. Is that the case? JQ: I would love to compete with others and I always regretted that there are not even European Championships, not to mention Worlds for seniors (=elderly). In every other sport that is the case just not in gymnastics. Q: In the world of gymnastics you have been known for a long time. For those who don't know this: you started quite early. In the fifties you were one of Eastern Germany's top gymnasts. JQ: No, not really, I just was "Oberstufe" (pretty high level in there system but not quite elite). But I started out playing handball until 1954, and there we were Eastern German Champion in 1954, with the team of "shoe-metro" in Weissenfels. Q: But in gymnastics in Halle... JQ: Along the way a started doing gymnastics, that was allowed then. Then I did actively gymnastics until 32 or 33. Also at "Wissenschaft Halle" (the Club "science" of the university), back then. But then I restarted at the age of 56 years. Q: A last word to Quaas and Freyburg. How does this match together? For ever, right? JQ: Yes, forever, since I restarted gymnastics I was back here every year. And I <b>...</b>
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