Doris Fuchs

Doris Gudrun Fuchs (later Brause, born June 11, 1938) is a retired American gymnast who won four gold medals at the 1963 Pan American Games. She competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and finished ninth with the American team three times: all-around in both games and in the team portable apparatus in 1956. Her best individual result was eighth place on uneven bars in 1960.[1] Fuchs attended the 1964 Olympics as a reserve.[2] In 1982 she was inducted into the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[3]

Doris Fuchs

Fuchs at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	June 11, 1938 Villingen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Height	152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Club	Rochester Catholic Youth Organization
Medal record Representing  United States Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo Team all-around 1963 São Paulo Ind. all-around 1963 São Paulo Balance beam 1963 São Paulo Uneven bars

Fuchs was born in a wealthy family, and besides gymnastics trained in the javelin throw and triple jump. Her sister Inge was also an international gymnast.[3] At the 1960 Olympics Fuchs became friends with the Soviet boxer Boris Nikonorov. She visited Nikonorov's family in 1963, when the U.S. gymnastics team had a competition in Moscow and had a long correspondence by mail, exchanging gifts and love letters, which was intercepted and suppressed by the KGB. Soviet authorities threatened Nikonorov with repercussions if he didn't stop communicating with Fuchs, and after a long struggle, he was forced to oblige.[4][2]

References

Fuchs and Boris Nikonorov at the 1960 Olympics

Media related to Doris Fuchs at Wikimedia Commons

1. Doris Fuchs. sports-reference.com
2. Борис Никоноров: Я и сейчас уверен, что на Олимпиаде в Риме и чемпионате Европы в Москве не проиграл. bmsi.ru (interview in Russian)
3. FUCHS-BRAUSE, Doris. usghof.org
4. https://weekend.rambler.ru/people/42670014-ih-svela-olimpiada-i-razluchil-kgb/