Astrid Kumbernuss
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Born | Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany | February 5, 1970||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Neubrandenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 21.22 m (1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Astrid Kumbernuss (born 5 February 1970 in Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.
Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In 1997, she was awarded Athlete of the Year. In 1998, she gave birth to her son Philip, and retired from her sports career in 2005.
International competitions
References
- Astrid Kumbernuss at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Astrid Kumbernuss". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Grevesmühlen
- German female shot putters
- German female discus throwers
- East German female discus throwers
- East German female shot putters
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Germany
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs