Ilke Wyludda

Ilke Wyludda ( born March 28, 1969 in Leipzig ) is a German discus thrower and Olympic gold medalist.

Career

From the 1980s until the end of the 20th century it belonged to the world leader, but she started for the GDR to its end.

Ilke Wyludda operation first near the discus throw and the shot put and won the 1985 at the Junior European Championships in Cottbus next to the title in the discus and the silver medal in the shot put. Your established in 1986 youth bests (ball: 19,08 m, August 9, 1986 in Karl- Marx-Stadt; Discus: 65.86 m, August 1, 1986 in Neubrandenburg ) are ( Release 18 May 2009) valid youth World best.

Later, they focused on the discus throw. In an unofficial qualifying competition of the GDR peak it achieved a 75.36 m the third best ever recorded length (as of the end of season 2009), but lost to the later Olympic champion Martina Hellmann and therefore also missed the part in the Olympics in Seoul in 1988 achieved your in the same summer. length of 74.40 m ( 13 September 1988 in Berlin) is (as of May 18, 2009 ) valid junior world record.

As of 1989, it certain with victories in the World Cup and European Cup and the European Championships with the top. After a slump in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona ( ninth place ) and injuries began in 1994 a new story of success, was terminated after her Olympic victory in 1996 by a new long injury lay-off, which makes them quite turned out in the 1997 season. Then she managed a comeback, but without medals at international highlights.

Ilke Wyludda started in the GDR time for the SC Chemistry Hall (later renamed SV Halle ), and later for the LAC Chemnitz. She trained initially at Siegfried gauge field, and later with Gerhard Boettcher. She is 1,84 m tall and weighed 97 kg in their active time. After her athletic career, the graduate sports teacher for therapy - rehabilitation and disability sports physiotherapist was. Later, she studied medicine and now works as an anesthetist.

On December 9, 2010, Wyludda had to undergo an amputation of the right leg after an open wound had become infected by bacteria. In 2012 she competed at the Summer Paralympics in London in 2012 in the class F57, and it reached number 9 in the discus ( 29.57 meters ) and 5th place in the shot put with a significantly improved personal best jump of 10.23 meters.

Successes in detail

(Participation in the discus, unless otherwise stated)

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