Irina Meszynski

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Irina Meszynski athletics
nation Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
birthday March 24, 1962
Career
discipline Discus throw , judoka

Irina Meszynski , married Winkler, (born March 24, 1962 in Berlin ) is a former German athlete who - starting for the GDR - was successful in discus and judoka .

Life

In 1979 she became Junior European Champion , in 1982 and 1986 she took part in the European Championships without winning a medal. In 1987 she reached fourth place at the Universiade . In 1982 she was GDR champion (67.84 m).

Due to the GDR boycott, she could not start at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. But on August 17, 1984 it set a new world record in Prague with the width of 73.36 m . At the end of 2012 it was still sixth on the all-time world best list. Four years later she reached fourth place in the qualification of the GDR and was therefore not nominated for the Olympic Games in Seoul.

Irina Meszynski started for TSC Berlin , where she was trained by Werner Goldmann . In her competition time she was 1.76 m tall and 97 kg heavy. In the documents on state doping in the GDR that became public after the fall of the Wall , the name of Meszynski was found among the doped athletes.

In 1984 she was awarded the Silver Patriotic Order of Merit .

In 1989 she switched to judo . In 1990 she became the last GDR heavyweight champion and seventh at the European Championships in Frankfurt am Main. She studied law at the Humboldt University in Berlin and became a lawyer.

Assignments at international highlights in detail

  • 1979, Junior European Championships: 1st place (55.80 - invalid - 57.46 - 55.98 - 52.72 - 60.30 m )
  • 1982, European Championships : 8th place (59.80 - 63.78 m - invalid - 63.66 - invalid - invalid )
  • 1986, European Championships : 4th place ( invalid - 63.14 - invalid - 60.42 - 65.20 m - 65.12)

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discus Throw women senior outdoor All time best , IAAF 2012
  2. ^ Brigitte Berendonk : Doping. From research to fraud . Reinbek 1992, ISBN 3-499-18677-2 , p. 182
  3. ^ New Germany , 1./2. September 1984, p. 4
  4. ↑ “Nobody can take that away from you” , Märkische Oderzeitung 23 July 2009
personal data
SURNAME Meszynski, Irina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin