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Her throw was almost 30 feet longer than the previous American record of 198 feet 8 inches (60.55 m) set by Barbara Friedrich in 1967. Schmidt holds twelve of the top 20 spots of the farthest throws ever by an American. She held the American record until the women's javelin was redesigned in 1999, resetting the records.
María Beltrán (born 17 January 1956) is a retired Cuban athlete who competed primarily in the javelin throw. [1] She won a silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games . Her personal best with the old model javelin is 61.80 metres set in Helsinki in 1983.
Female javelin throwers from Georgia (country) (2 P) German female javelin throwers (2 C, 45 P) Greek female javelin throwers (7 P) Grenadian female javelin throwers ...
Karin Kiefer Smith (born August 4, 1955, in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States. She was born in Germany. She is a three-time Olympian. Smith qualified for a fourth, the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.
Van Schalkwyk grew up in the town of Melkbosstrand attended Paarl Gymnasium in the Western Cape of South Africa. She started javelin at 13 years-old and broke the school age-group record with her second throw. [2]
Javelin throw 54.25 m: World Championships: Osaka, Japan 7th Javelin throw 61.43 m: 2008 Olympic Games: Beijing, China DQ (2nd) Javelin throw 70.78 m: Doping 2009 World Championships: Berlin, Germany DQ (3rd) Javelin throw 66.06 m: Doping World Athletics Final: Thessaloniki, Greece DQ (1st) Javelin throw 4.60 m Doping 2010 European Cup Winter ...
The javelin throw is an Olympic track and field event. Athletes specialising in the discipline are known as javelin throwers. Athletes specialising in the discipline are known as javelin throwers. Notable javelin throwers