Marlene Ahrens
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Athletics | ||
Competitor for  Chile |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1956 Melbourne | Javelin throw |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Gold | 1959 Chicago | Javelin throw |
| Gold | 1963 São Paulo | Javelin throw |
Marlene Ahrens Ostertag (born in Concepción, July 27, 1933) is a female Chilean athlete.[1] She won the silver medal in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a distance of 50.38 metres. She remains the only Chilean woman to have won an Olympic medal.[2] She is the mother of the journalist Karin Ebensperger.
[edit] References
- ^ Sports Reference: Marlene Ahrens
- ^ Marlene Ahrens: Siempre que representé a Chile lancé como dos metros más, Radio Cooperativa, May 16, 2005
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