Ilke Wyludda

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Ilke Wyludda
Ilke Wyludda (1988)
Personal information
Born (1969-03-28) 28 March 1969 (age 54)
Leipzig, Saxony, East Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Country East Germany (1984–1990)
 Germany (1991–2000)
SportTrack and field
EventDiscus throw
ClubSC Chemie Halle
LAC Chemnitz
Achievements and titles
Personal best74.56 (1989)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Olympic Games
Representing  Germany
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Discus
World Championships
Representing  Germany
Silver medal – second place 1991 Tokyo Discus
Silver medal – second place 1995 Gothenburg Discus
European Championships
Representing  East Germany
Gold medal – first place 1990 Split Discus
Representing  Germany
Gold medal – first place 1994 Helsinki Discus

Ilke Wyludda (born 28 March 1969) is a discus thrower from Germany.

She set eleven junior records at discus throw (and also two at shot put), and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins until beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships. Wyludda never won the world championships, but she became Olympic champion in 1996.

In early January 2011 Wyludda revealed in Bild that she had to have her right leg amputated because of Sepsis.[1] After losing her leg she returned to athletics and began entering para-sport competitions. In 2012, she represented Germany at the London Paralympics becoming the first German athlete to have represented her country at both Olympic and Paralympic Games.[2] In 2014, she entered the IPC European Championships in Swansea, taking the bronze medal in the F57 discus and silver in the shot put.[3][4]

Personal bests[edit]

  • Discus throw – 74.56 (1989)
  • Discus throw U23 – 74.56 (1989) WU23B
  • Discus throw Junior – 74,40 (1988) WJB
  • Discus throw Youth – 65,86 (1986) WYB
  • Shot put – 20.23 (1988)
  • Shot put U23 – 20,23 (1988)
  • Shot put Junior – 20,23 (1988)
  • Shot put Youth – 19,08 (1986) WYB

International competitions[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  East Germany
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 1st Discus 64.02 m
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 4th Discus 68.20 m
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 1st Discus 68.24 m
1989 IAAF World Cup Barcelona, Spain 1st Discus 71.54 m
1990 Goodwill Games Seattle, United States 1st Discus 68.08 m
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st Discus 68.46 m
Representing  Germany
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 2nd Discus 69.12 m
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 9th Discus 62.16 m
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st Discus 68.72 m
IAAF World Cup London, United Kingdom 1st Discus 65.30 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd Discus 67.20 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1st Discus 69.66 m
IAAF Grand Prix Final Milan, Italy 1st Discus 64.74 m
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 7th Discus 63.16 m

References[edit]

  1. ^ Atlanta discus queen Wyludda loses leg[dead link]
  2. ^ "Wyludda, Ilke". IPC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Women's Javelin Throw – F57 Final" (PDF). IPC. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Women's Shot Put – F57 Final". IPC. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

External links[edit]

Achievements
Preceded by Women's Discus Best Year Performance
1989–1990
1994
1996
Succeeded by