Kathrin Neimke (18 July 1966 in
Magdeburg
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,
Saxony-Anhalt
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and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
) is a German
track and field
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athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the world's best in the
shot put
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. Until 1990 she represented
East Germany
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. She won two Olympic medals, the first a silver medal at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul
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, and the second a bronze at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in
Barcelona
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.
Neimke represented
SC Magdeburg and trained with Klaus Schneider. She is 1.80 meters tall and during her active career she weighed 95 kilograms. She has a degree in sales and at the end of her sporting career she had a job as reproduction photographer at a daily newspaper. After that she went to the
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
police.
International competitions
References
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1966 births
Living people
Athletes from Magdeburg
East German female shot putters
German female shot putters
Olympic athletes for East Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany
World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games silver medalists for East Germany
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
Athletes from Bezirk Magdeburg
SC Magdeburg athletes
East German Athletics Championships winners