Christine Spielberg

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Christine Spielberg (born December 21, 1941 in Niederlungwitz ) is a German certified sports teacher and former athlete . The discus thrower, who started for SC Karl-Marx-Stadt , set a new world record in discus throwing in 1968 with 61.64 m - the first world record for a female GDR thrower.

Life

She is the daughter of a train driver and a housewife. Your ancestors settled in Oberwürschnitz in the 18th century and originally came from the town of Stollberg / Erzgeb. Christine Spielberg attended primary school until 1955 and then the general vocational school, where she became a stenographer. In 1954 she contributed to the company sports association "Wismut" in Neuwürschnitz , where she was engaged in various sports. In 1957 she threw a discus for the first time. In the following year Christine Spielberg was delegated to SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt . She worked as a shorthand typist in an object belonging to the SDAG Wismut .

In 1959 Christine Spielberg came second in the German Youth Championships in discus throwing. In Hanover , she took part in the eliminations for the Olympic participation in the following year.

Christine Spielberg also gained further qualifications in her professional life. From 1960 to 1962 she took part in a course at the adult education center, where she acquired the special entrance qualification with entitlement to university studies. In 1963 she started her studies at the University of Physical Culture with the aim of becoming a qualified sports teacher.

Between 1961 and 1964 she took 4th and 5th places in discus throwing championships in the GDR.

In 1965 she achieved a personal best of 54.65 m. This made it 13th on the world's best list. In the following year it expanded this width to 58.10 m, whereby it took 3rd place on the list. Christine Spielberg was third in the GDR championships during this time.

In 1966 she won the gold medal in the discus throw at the European Championships in Budapest with 57.76 m ahead of Liesel Westermann . This made her the first female European champion of SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and was honored with awards.

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Spielberg was seventh with 52.86 m. In Regis-Breitingen at a national athletics festival of the GDR in the Artur-Becker Stadium, the discus was thrown by her in May 1968 to a distance of 61.64 m - a world record and the longest discus throw of her life.

In 1971 Christine Spielberg finished eighth at the European Championships in Helsinki with 56.20 m.

Christine Spielberg always reached the finals of the GDR championships in discus throwing from 1960 to 1972, with one exception (1965). She never became champion of the GDR, her best placings were the runner-up championships in 1968, 1971 and 1972.

At a height of 1.84 m, she had a competition weight of 87 kg.

Honors

literature

  • Bruno Selig: Celebrities from our homeland: The European champion from Neuwürschnitz . In: Der Heimatfreund for the Erzgebirge , 12, 1967, No. 8, pp. 139–140.
  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes, Darmstadt 2005 published via Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruno Selig: Celebrities from our homeland: The European champion from Neuwürschnitz . In: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge , 12, 1967, no.8, p. 139
  2. ^ New Germany , edition of May 27, 1968
  3. ↑ Bruno Selig: Celebrities from our homeland: The European champion from Neuwürschnitz . In: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge , 12, 1967, No. 8. S. 140
personal data
SURNAME Spielberg, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederlungwitz