Franka Dietzsch
![]() Dietzsch in 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wolgast,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,East Germany | January 22, 1968|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Empor Rostock SC Neubrandenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personalbest | 69.51 m (1999) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Franka Dietzsch(born 22 January 1968) is a German formerdiscus throwerbest known for winning gold medals at threeWorld Championships in Athletics.She won the1998 European Championshipsand1999 World Championships,but did not return to the international podium until her win at the2005 World Championships.
At the age of 39 she won her third world championship title in2007 in Osaka.After spending a year away from the field due to health problems, she returned to competition at theWiesbadenmeet. She finished in second place with 61.49 metres, remaining focused on defending her discus World Champion at the2009 World Championships,[1]at which she finished 23rd at 58.44 metres, failing to qualify for the final. She retired the same year as one of the few remaining athletes to have representedEast Germanyinternationally.[2]
Her personal best throw is 69.51 metres, achieved in May 1999 in Wiesbaden. This result ranks her ninth among German discus throwers, behindGabriele Reinsch,Ilke Wyludda,Diana Gansky-Sachse,Irina Meszynski,Gisela Beyer,Martina Hellmann-Opitz,Evelin JahlandSilvia Madetzky.[3]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens,Greece | 2nd | 60.26 m |
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1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart,Germany | 8th | 62.06 m |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 59.18 m |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg,Sweden | 7th | 61.28 m |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest,Hungary | 1st | 67.49 m |
IAAF World Cup | Johannesburg,South Africa | 1st | 67.07 m | |
1999 | World Championships | Seville,Spain | 1st | 68.14 m |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney,Australia | 6th | 63.18 m |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton,Canada | 4th | 65.38 m |
2003 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo,Monaco | 6th | 61.88 m |
2004 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo,Monaco | 6th | 61.48 m |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki,Finland | 1st | 66.56 m |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo,Monaco | 2nd | 61.91 m | |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg,Sweden | 2nd | 64.35 m |
World Athletics Final | Stuttgart,Germany | 1st | 64.73 m | |
IAAF World Cup | Athens,Greece | 1st | 66.07 m | |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka,Japan | 1st | 66.61 m |
References
[edit]- ^Wenig, Jörg (18 May 2009).Fine start for Berlin’s Robert Harting – German competition weekend round-up.IAAF.Retrieved on 2009-05-18.
- ^Leichtathletik.de (6 September 2009)Franka Dietzsch und Steffi Nerius sagen AdieuRetrieved on 2017-04-12.
- ^""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik "[ "Eternal" list of the best in German athletics](PDF).leichtathletik.de(in German). Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 4 July 2007.
External links
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Wolgast
- German female discus throwers
- German national athletics champions
- East German female discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
- Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Rostock