Gabriele Reinsch
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Gabriele "Gabi" Reinsch (born 23 September 1963 in Cottbus) is a German track and field athlete. She represented East Germany in the 1988 Olympic Games in discus throw.
On 9 July 1988 at the East Germany – Italy tournament in Neubrandenburg she set a new world record with a throw of 76.80 metres (252.0 ft). This was 2.24 metres (7 ft 4 in) further than the previous record, set by the Czechoslovakian Zdenka Šilhavá, and 2.72 metres (8 ft 11 in) further than the world record for men set by Jürgen Schult (DDR) at 6 June 1986. Reinsch's record still stands (the East German Martina Hellmann had in fact thrown 76.92 metres (252.4 ft) and 78.14 metres (256.4 ft), both on 6 September 1988, but these came in an unofficial event and could not be counted as the world record).
Reinsch began competing at the age of 14 and tried at first the high jump and shot put, even placing second in the shot put at the 1981 junior European championships. In 1982 she switched to the discus.
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
1981 | European Junior Championships | Utrecht, Netherlands | 2nd | Shot put | 17.03 m |
1987 | Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 2nd | Discus | 64.12 m |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 7th | Discus | 67.26 m |
1989 | Universiade | Duisburg, Germany | 2nd | Discus | 65.20 m |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 4th | Discus | 66.08 m |
- 1988 Olympic Games: (67.26 - 66.50 - 63.30 - 65.88 - 66.40 - Foul)
- 1990 European Championships: (Foul - 63.46 - 64.30 - Foul - 66.08 - 65.06)
Reinsch belonged to the Cottbus sport club until 1985 and then from 1986 to the ASK Potsdam. She trained with . During her competitive years she was 1.84 meters tall and weighed 88 kilograms.
External links[]
- Gabriele Reinsch at World Athletics
- Gabriele Reinsch at the International Olympic Committee
- Gabi Reinsch at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Universiade (gbrathletics.com)
- European Championships (gbrathletics.com)
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cottbus
- East German female discus throwers
- German female discus throwers
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics record holders
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade silver medalists for East Germany
- Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade