Helena Fibingerová

Helena Fibingerová (born July 13, 1949 in Víceměřice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czechoslovak shot putter who was successful in the 1970s and 1980s.

Life

She spent her youth in Veselí nad Moravou , where she attended high school. She started for the USK Prague club and was trained by Jaroslav Šmíd. She is 1.79 m tall and weighed 90 kg during her active time (60 kg today).

Helena Fibingerová played her first competition in 1966 and achieved a width of 13.61 m. Between 1969 and 1987 she was a total of 27 Czechoslovak shot put champion outdoors and indoors. In the course of her long career, she won a total of nine gold, five silver and two bronze medals. She was once world champion and eight times European champion in the hall and five times vice European champion. She also set three world records. She was the first female shot putter to shoot over 22 yards.

Today Helena Fibingerová runs a bakery in Uherský Ostroh . She is also involved in the marketing agency of the Czech Athletics Federation and is a member of the Czech Television Council.

She is married but childless. She has a sister and two nieces.

successes

Olympic games

1972 Munich: Seventh with 18.81 m
1976 Montréal: Bronze with 20.67 m behind Iwanka Christowa (BUL) with 21.16 m and Nadeschda Tschischowa (USSR) with 20.96 m
1980 Moscow: Did not take part due to back injury
1984 Los Angeles: Did not take part due to boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries

World championships

1983 Helsinki: Gold with 21.05 m ahead of Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) with 20.70 m and Ilona Slupianek (GDR) with 20.56 m
1987 Rome: eighth with 20.29 m

European championships

1969 Athens: tenth with 15.22 m
1971 Helsinki: twelfth with 15.73 m
1974 Rome: Bronze with 20.33 m behind Nadeschda Tschischowa (USSR) with 20.78 m and Marianne Adam (GDR) with 20.43 m
1978 Prague: Silver with 20.86 m behind Ilona Slupianek (GDR) with 21.41 m and in front of Margitta Droese (GDR) with 20.58 m
1982 Athens: Silver with 20.94 m behind Ilona Slupianek (GDR) with 21.59 m and in front of Nunu Abaschydze (USSR) with 20.82 m
1986 Stuttgart: Tenth with 18.48 m

European Indoor Championships

1972 Grenoble: Eighth with 17.40 m
1973 Rotterdam: Gold with 19.08 m ahead of Ludwika Czewińska (POL) with 18.29 m and Antonina Iwanowa (USSR) with 18.25 m
1974 Gothenburg: Gold with 20.75 m ahead of Nadeschda Tschischowa (USSR) with 20.62 m and Marianne Adam (GDR) with 19.70 m
1975 Katowice: Silver with 19.97 m behind Marianne Adam (GDR) with 20.05 m and in front of Iwanka Christowa (BUL) with 19.35 m
1977 San Sebastian: Gold with 21.46 m ahead of Ilona Slupianek (GDR) with 21.12 m and Eva Wilms (BR Germany) with 20.87 m
1978 Milan: Gold with 20.67 m ahead of Margitta Droese (GDR) with 19.77 m and Eva Wilms (BR Germany) with 19.24 m
1980 Sindelfingen: Gold with 19.92 m ahead of Eva Wilms (BR Germany) with 19.66 m and Beatrix Philipp (BR Germany) with 17.59 m
1981 Grenoble: Silver with 20.64 m behind Ilona Slupianek (GDR) with 20.77 m and ahead of Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) with 20.12 m
1982 Milan: Silver with 19.24 m behind Vershinija Vesselinowa (BUL) with 20.13 m and in front of Natalja Lisovskaya (USSR) with 18.50 m
1983 Budapest: Gold with 20.61 m ahead of Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) with 20.35 m and Zdeňka Šilhavá (CSSR) with 19.56 m
1984 Gothenburg: Gold with 20.34 m ahead of Claudia Losch (BR Germany) with 20.33 m and Heide Krieger (GDR) with 20.18 m
1985 Piraeus: Gold with 20.84 m ahead of Claudia Losch (BR Germany) with 20.59 m and Heide Hartwig (GDR) with 19.93 m

In addition, she was second at the World Cup finals in 1979 and 1981 with 19.74 m and 19.92 m and third in 1985 with 19.17 m. She also won the IAAF Grand Prix twice (1995 in Rome and 1987 in Brussels)

World records

21.57 m on September 21, 1974 in Gottwaldov (improvement of the previous record of the Russian Nadeschda Tschischowa by 12 cm)
21.99 m on July 26, 1976 in Opava (improvement of the previous record of Bulgarian Iwanka Christowa by 10 cm)
22.32 m on August 20, 1977 in Nitra (improvement of their own world record)

This record lasted until May 2, 1980, when Ilona Slupianek from the GDR exceeded it by four centimeters.

Helena Fibingerová holds the indoor world record with 22.50 m. She achieved this performance on February 19, 1977 in Jablonec. The German indoor record held by Ilona Slupianek stands at 21.59 m and dates back to 1979.

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personal data
SURNAME	Fibingerová, Helena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Víceměřice , ČSSR