- Beate Peters
Beate Edeltraud Peters (born
12 October 1959 in Marl) is a retired West Germanjavelin throw er.She finished seventh at the 1983 World Championships and the
1984 Summer Olympics . She then won silver medals at the 1986 European Championships and the 1987 World Championships. She also participated at the 1988 Olympics, but did not reach the final.She became West German champion in 1985 and 1986. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/107.html West German championships, women's javelin throw] ] She represented the clubs
OSC Dortmund andTV Wattenscheid .Her personal best throw was 69.56 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in July 1986 in
Berlin . This ranks her tenth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behindPetra Felke (who held the world record),Antje Kempe ,Silke Renk ,Beate Koch ,Karen Forkel ,Tanja Damaske ,Ruth Fuchs ,Ingrid Thyssen andSusanne Jung . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]Private life
Beate Peters is openlylesbian and lives with retired hepathleteSabine Braun . [ [http://www.lesben-magazin.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=200 "Lesbische Liebe im Sport" Lesbian love in sports (German)] ]References
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