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In 1945 she finished her job training as gymnastics coach in Stuttgart.
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Johanna Quaas
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She started gymnastics at an early age and appeared in her first competition in 1934. After completion of school she worked in the obligatory social year (Pflichtjahr). Afterwards she moved to Weißenfels, where she started to train handball as gymnastics was banned by the Allied Control Council.
In 1947 this ban was removed and she started again with gymnastics.
In 1950 she started to study at University of Halle-Wittenberg. Afterwards she trained coaches at the Institut für Körpererziehung.
She co-authored the gymnastics text book "Gerätturnen". During this time she trained at the HSG Wissenschaft Halle.
In 1961, she also coached gymnasts at South Carolina Chemie Halle, including Barbara Dix-Stolz and Christel Felgner-Wunder, who were later nominated to start at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Turnund Sportfest der Deutsche Demokratische Republik in Leipzig. After the German reunification she also started at all Deutsche Turnfeste since 1990. Quaas rose to prominence in 2012 when several YouTube clips showed her training at age 86 during the Turnier der Meister in Cottbus.
The clips became instant viral hits and generated 3.2 and 3.4 million views.
German and international newspapers and television stations reported on the then-86-year-old gymnast. Quaas was invited to German television show Gottschalk Live and her story was covered in at least 188 Chinese newspapers.
On September 13, 2012 it was announced that Quaas will receive an entry in The Guinness Book of Records as oldest gymnast in the world.
