- Ingrid Thyssen
Ingrid Thyssen (born
9 September 1956 inAachen ) is a retired West Germanjavelin throw er.She finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics, seventh at the 1986 European Championships, ninth at the 1987 World Championships, eighth at the 1988 Summer Olympics and sixth at the 1990 European Championships.
She became West German champion eight times, in the years 1979-1984, 1987 and 1988. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/107.html West German championships, women's javelin throw] ] She represented the clubs
TG Aachen ,ASV Köln andLG Bayer Leverkusen .Her personal best throw was 69.68 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in August 1987 in
West Berlin . This ranks her eighth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behindPetra Felke (who held the world record),Antje Kempe ,Silke Renk ,Beate Koch ,Karen Forkel ,Tanja Damaske andRuth Fuchs . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]References
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