Silke Renk
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| Nationality |  East Germany Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1967 (age 57) Querfurt, Bezirk Halle, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | East Germany Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Chemie Halle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 71.00 (1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Silke Renk (born 30 June 1967 in Querfurt, Bezirk Halle) is a retired javelin thrower from Germany.
She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth, and at the 1990 European Championships where she finished fourth.
She then experienced her career highlight as she won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Renk won with a throw of 68.34 meters, defeating Natalya Shikolenko, who took home the silver medal, and compatriot Karen Forkel.
The next year she finished sixth at the 1993 World Championships. She withdrew from the 1994 European Championships because of knee injury problems, and never reached another international final despite starting at the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Her personal best was 71.00 meres with the old javelin type, achieved in June 1988 in Rostock. This ranks her third among German javelin throwers, only behind Petra Felke (who held the world record) and Antje Kempe.[1]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 5th | 66.38 m |
| Representing Germany
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| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 4th | 64.76 m |
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 6th | 64.00 m |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | 13th | 59.70 m |
References
- ^ Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
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World University Games champions in women's javelin throw | |
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Querfurt
- People from Bezirk Halle
- German female javelin throwers
- Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf
- Universiade gold medalists for East Germany
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs