- Silke Renk
Silke Renk (born
June 30 ,1962 inErfurt ) is a retiredjavelin throw er fromGermany .She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth, and at the 1990 European Championships where she finished fourth.
She then experienced her career highlight as she won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona, Spain . Renk won with a throw of 68.34 meters, defeatingNatalya Shikolenko , who took home the silver medal, and compatriotKaren Forkel .The next year she finished sixth at the 1993 World Championships. She withdrew from the 1994 European Championships because of
knee injury problems, and never reached another international final despite starting at the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Summer Olympics.Her personal best was 71.00 meres with the old javelin type, achieved in June 1988 in
Rostock . This ranks her third among German javelin throwers, only behindPetra Felke (who held the world record) andAntje Kempe . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]References
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