Bianca Dittrich (gymnast)

Bianca Cogel-Dittrich (born 3 January 1967) is a retired German rhythmic gymnast who represented East Germany. She's a World Championships bronze medalist and won gold at the Goodwill Games.

Career
Bianca made her debut in 1980, when she won bronze in the All-Around, with hoop and with clubs, silver with ribbon and gold with rope at the East German Championships. In 1981 she tied with Petra Loucky for the national All-Around title, also winning gold with hoop and silver with rope and ribbon; the same year she took part in the World Championships in Munich taking 19th place overall.

At the 1982 European Championships in Stavanger, she was 12th in the All-Around and 5th with clubs. At nationals she won All-Around, rope, clubs and ribbon gold as well as silver with hoop. The following year she retained the All-Around, ball and clubs titles, winning silver with hoop and bronze with ball at the East German Championships. Competing at the 1st World Cup in Belgrade she finished 10th overall. At the World Championships in Strasbourg she was 7th in the All-Around and 8th with ball.

In 1985 she was selected for the World Championships in Valladolid, she was 5th in the All-Around and with rope, 6th with clubs and 8th with ribbon and won bronze in the ball final. At the GDR Championships she was the overall runner-up, achieving the same results with rope, clubs and ribbon, and winning gold with ball. In 1986 she was 64th at the European Championships in Florence. In the same year she won another national All-Around tittle, silver with rope, ball and ribbon and silver with clubs. Dittrich also won bronze with ribbon and gold with rope at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow.

Although she wanted to try to compete in the 1988 Olympics she retired in 1987 due to health reasons. After her career ended she had a son and worked in theatre.