Ingrid Anna Thyssen (born 9 September 1956 in

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) is a retired

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er.

Competition Results

She finished seventh at the 1978 European Championships. She competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final. She finished sixth at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. She seventh at the 1986 European Championships. She finished ninth at the 1987 World Championships. She finished eighth at the

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. She finished sixth at the 1990 European Championships.

West German Champion

She became West German champion eight times, in the years 1979–1984, 1987, and 1988.

Club Teams

She represented the clubs TG Aachen,

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, and

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Personal Best Throw

Her personal best throw was 69.68 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in August 1987 in

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. This ranks her eighth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the

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), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel, Tanja Damaske, and

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* Living people 1956 births Sportspeople from Aachen Athletes from Cologne (region) West German female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany TG Aachen athletes ASV Köln athletes LG Bayer Leverkusen athletes West German Athletics Championships winners {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub