- Ruth Fuchs
Ruth Fuchs, née Gamm (born
December 14 ,1946 inEgeln ) is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representingEast Germany , was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olympic Games. She set the world record for the javelin six times during the 1970s.Her personal best throw was 69.96 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in April 1980 in
Split . This ranks her seventh among German old-type-javelin throwers, behindPetra Felke (who held the world record),Antje Kempe ,Silke Renk ,Beate Koch ,Karen Forkel andTanja Damaske . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]Ruth Fuchs has admitted using steroids during her career, as part of the official East German sports programme.
After retirement Fuchs became a member of Parliament for the
Party of Democratic Socialism (now the Left Party) in the re-united Germany.References
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=250 Biography from sporting-heroes.net]
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