Marion Becker

Marion Becker
Olympic medal record
Women’s Track and field
Silver 1976 Montreal Javelin

Marion Becker is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the javelin throw.

Becker competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the javelin throw, where she won the silver medal, breaking the previous Olympic Record of 209.7 ft (63.9 m)[citation needed] (set at the Munich Olympics in 1972 by Ruth Fuchs) with a throw of 220.5 ft (67.2 m)[citation needed].[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Glamour Events Begin at Olympics" (in English). The Ledger (via Google News). 22 July 1976. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9OkTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yPoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6923,5971509&dq=marion-becker. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  2. ^ "Four Gym golds for Soviet" (in English). The Spokesman-Review (via Google News). 24 July 1976. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uM4RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ne0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5268,2942841&dq=marion-becker. Retrieved 2009-08-07.