Eva Wilms (; born 28 July 1952 in

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

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) is a retired West German

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter. Her personal best throw was 21.43 metres, achieved in June 1977 in Munich. This places her sixth on the German all-time list, behind

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, Margitta Droese and

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She competed for the sports clubs ESV Neuaubing and

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during her active career. In 1977, Wilmes threw the shot put 20.79 meters during a

pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek language, Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) (). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Anci ...

event, which is referred to by

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as a

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

world best.

Achievements

In fact Eva Wilms is a pentathlete. She set 2 world records in 1977. The following are her lists of performances in different events: *Pentathlon 00mH, SP, HJ, LJ, 200m 4932p/1976 ncluding 20.94m SP and 23.9s 200m*Pentathlon 00mH, SP, HJ, LJ, 800m 4823p,former WR/1977-13.83s-20.95m-1.74m-6.29m-2.19.66s *JV: 48,74m 1 Eva Wilms (20.07.52) 180/76 Sport Union Annen 03.09.73 Witten *SP: 21.43m Eva Wilms FRG 28.07.52 2 Munich *DT:59,42m 1 Eva Wilms (28.7.52) 180/83 LAC Quelle Fürth By 21.06.80 Garmisch-Partenkirchen *LJ:6.29m 5K Eva Wilms (28.7.52) 180/83 LAC Quelle Fürth By 19.06.77 Bernhausen *200M: 23,9s (5K) Eva Wilms (28.7.52) 180/83 ESV Neuaubing By 05/09/76 Hannover *100MH:13,70s 5K Eva Wilms (28.7.52) 180/83 LAC Quelle Fürth By 14.05.77 Göttingen

References

1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Essen Athletes from Düsseldorf (region) West German female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany West German Athletics Championships winners {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub