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Theodora Götz
ONZM
Hill in 1964
Personal information
Birth nameTheodora Mary Hill
Born (1946-01-11) 11 January 1946 (age 78)
Hāwera, New Zealand
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportArtistic gymnastics

Theodora Mary "Dido" Götz

ONZM (née Hill; born 11 January 1946) is a New Zealand gymnast, gymnastics coach and judge. She represented her country at the 1964 Summer Olympics and was coach of the New Zealand gymnastics team at the 1972 Olympic Games
.

Life

Götz was born Theodora Mary Hill in 1946 in Hāwera, New Zealand.[1] She won her first women's national championship in 1963 and in total, she was national champion five times.[2]

Hill represented her country at the

World Gymnastics Championships.[2]

Later in life, Götz worked as a coach and judged gymnastics competitions. She remains active in gymnastics herself and by 2013, she had competed in four World Masters Games.[4] She was present in May 2016 when the New Zealand Olympic Committee announced the three gymnasts that were to represent the country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] Hill was a judge at the mid-island gymnastics champs in Gisborne in June 2017.[6] In May 2017, she was made a life member of Gymnastics New Zealand.[2]

Götz lives in Auckland.[6] She is known in gymnastics circles as Dido.[2]

In the

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to gymnastics.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Theodora Hill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "2017 AGM – Life Membership & Meritorious Award". Gymnastics New Zealand. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Theodora Gotz". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. Wanganui Chronicle
    . 11 February 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. ^ "History made as trio of Gymnasts selected into the New Zealand Olympic Team" (Press release). Gymnastics New Zealand. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Performing at their best for mid-island gymnastics champs". Gisborne Herald. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  7. ^ "New Year Honours 2024: the full list". The New Zealand Herald. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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