Christine Spielberg also known as Christa Spielberg (born 21 December 1941) is a former German

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athlete who competed in the women's

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

and comepeted at the

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Biography

She claimed the gold medal at the 1966 European Championships in the discus throw event. Speilberg set the

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on 26 May 1968, reaching in

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and on 20 July finished second behind Karin Illgen at the British

1968 WAAA Championships The 1968 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 19 to 20 July 1968. The 3,000 metres event was held for ...

. She represented East Germany at the 1968 Olympic Games and placed seventh in the final. She had the second-best throw of her career in the 1970 season, throwing which ranked her fifth in the world that year. In the last major outing, she finished eighth at the

1971 European Athletics Championships The 10th (X) European Athletics Championships were held from 10 August to 15 August 1971 in the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results ...

. Her season's best of that year made her the seventh best thrower for the season and was the final time she ranked in the top ten globally.Christine Spielberg
Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 28 October 2014.

References

*Klaus Amrhein: ''Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005''. 1941 births Living people People from Glauchau East German female discus throwers Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World record setters in athletics (track and field) Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit Athletes from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt {{Germany-discus-bio-stub