- Margitta Gummel
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Medal record 
Margitta Gummel in 1969Competitor for 
East GermanyWomen's Athletics Olympic Games Gold 1968 Mexico City Shot put Silver 1972 Munich Shot put European Indoor Championships Gold 1966 Dortmund Shot put Silver 1968 Madrid Shot put Silver 1971 Sofia Shot put European Championships Silver 1966 Budapest Shot put Silver 1969 Athens Shot put Silver 1971 Helsenki Shot put Margitta Gummel (née Helmbold; born 29 June 1941 in Magdeburg) is a German former Olympic gold medalist. She competed for the Unified German team in the 1964 Summer Olympics, East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and East Germany again at the 1972 Summer Olympics. One of the details characterising Gummel was her rivalry with Nadezhda Chizhova of the Soviet Union.[1]
Margitta Gummel did not win any medals in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she competed in the shot put event. Later, at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, she won a gold medal in the shot put event, and, four years later, a silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, having been beaten by her rival Nadezhda Chizhova.[2] In the 1968 shot put event, she became the first woman to throw more than 19 metres.[3]
Gummel also competed for East Germany in the European Indoor Championships. In 1966, at Dortmund, she placed first in the shot put event. In 1968, this time at Madrid, she placed second in the shot put, beaten by Nadezhda Chizhova. At Sofia, in 1971, she also placed second in shot put, beaten again by Chizhova.
She also competed in the European Championships. In the 1966 Championships, held in Budapest, she placed second in the women's shot put. Chizhova placed first. She later competed in the 1969 Championships, held in Athens, with the same results.[4] She also participated in the 1971 Championships, held in Helsinki, but this time received third as her rival Chizhova placed first.[5]
It was later revealed that Gummel was one of the first East Germans to be administered steroids though she was not given her first dose of Turinabol until 28 July 1968, just under three months before the 1968 Games.[6] A 1997 paper from the journal Clinical Chemistry reproduces charts from a 1973 DVfl scientific report that plot her Turinabol doses and competition distances for 1968, 1969 and 1972. The 1968 results show a 2 metre improvement in the space of the 3 months leading to her Olympic gold, in a fully trained athlete whose previous results had been consistent.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Casey, Ron. "Margitta Gummel". sporting-heroes.net. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=5104. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's Shot Put". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-shot-put.html. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ Casey, Ron. "Margitta Gummel". sporting-heroes.net. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=5103. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Athens 69, Women's Results". athletix.org. http://www.athletix.org/Eurochamps/ec69wom.htm. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Helsinki 71, Women's Results". athletix.org. http://www.athletix.org/Eurochamps/ec71wom.htm. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ Wallenchinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Track & Field (Women): Shot Put". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 352.
- ^ http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/reprint/43/7/1262.pdf
Sources
- "Margitta Gummel-Helmbold Biography and Statistics". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/margitta-gummel-helmbold-1.html. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- "Margitta Gummel-Helmbold Olympic medals and stats". databaseolympics.com. http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GUMMEMAR01. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- "European Indoor Championships". gbrathletics.com. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/eiw.htm. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- "Budapest 66, Women's Results". athletix.org. http://www.athletix.org/Eurochamps/ec66wom.htm. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
Olympic Champions in Women's Shot Put 1948: Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) • 1952: Galina Zybina (URS) • 1956: Tamara Tyshkevich (URS) • 1960: Tamara Press (URS) • 1964: Tamara Press (URS) • 1968: Margitta Gummel (GDR) • 1972: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1976: Ivanka Hristova (BUL) • 1980: Ilona Slupianek (GDR) • 1984: Claudia Losch (FRG) • 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) • 1992: Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN) • 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) • 2000: Yanina Karolchyk (BLR) • 2004: Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) • 2008: Valerie Vili (NZL)
World Best Year Performance in Women's Shot Put 1968: Margitta Gummel (GDR) • 1969 – 1973: Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) • 1974: Helena Fibingerová (TCH) • 1975: Marianne Adam (GDR) • 1976 – 1977: Helena Fibingerová (TCH) • 1978 – 1983: Ilona Slupianek (GDR) • 1984 – 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) • 1989: Li Meisu (CHN) • 1990: Sui Xinmei (CHN) • 1991: Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) • 1992 – 1993: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) • 1994: Sui Xinmei (CHN) • 1995 – 1997: Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) • 1998: Vita Pavlysh (UKR) • 1999: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) • 2000 – 2001: Larisa Peleshenko (RUS) • 2002: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) • 2003: Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) • 2004: Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) • 2005 – 2006: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) • 2007: Valerie Vili (NZL) • 2008: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) • 2009: Valerie Vili (NZL) • 2010: Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR)
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