Marion Becker

Marion Becker , b. Steiner (Ebert) (born January 21, 1950 in Hamburg ) is a former German athlete who won the silver medal in the javelin throw at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal (60.66 - 60.52 - 64.70 m - invalid - invalid - invalid). She started at these games in the team of the Federal Republic.

Marion Becker grew up in the GDR (1969: GDR youth champion in the javelin throw, start for SC Karl-Marx-Stadt ) and moved to Romania in 1969 to marry Siegfried Becker, a Romanian of German nationality , who also became her coach . At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , she took part in the javelin throw for Romania, but failed in qualifying. Both Becker and her husband / trainer settled there in Munich. She first had to leave her daughter Almut, who later received an exit permit, with her grandparents in Romania.

Marion Becker was a member of USC Munich in the Federal Republic of Germany . In her competition time she was 1.64 m tall and weighed 63 kg.

Individual evidence

↑ Mariana Iancu: Operaţiunea "Olimp '72" - Cum ia urmărit Securitate pe sportivii Romani la Olimpiada de la Munich. Patzaichin: "Securiştii aveau urme de caschetă" ( ro ) Adevarul. June 6, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2018.

Web links

Marion Becker in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Becker, Marion
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg , Federal Republic of Germany

[1] Mariana Iancu: Operaţiunea "Olimp '72" - Cum ia urmărit Securitate pe sportivii Romani la Olimpiada de la Munich. Patzaichin: "Securiştii aveau urme de caschetă" ( ro ) Adevarul. June 6, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2018.