Marita Lange

Marita Lange 1972

Marita Lange (born June 22, 1943 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German athlete and Olympic medalist who was one of the world's best shot putters in the 1960s and 1970s - starting for the GDR . Her greatest achievement is the silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City .

Successes in detail

• 1966, European Championships : 3rd place (16.03 - 15.91 - invalid - 16.29 - 16.50 - 16.96 m )
• 1968, Olympic Games : 2nd place ( 18.78 m - invalid - 18.17 - 18.47 - 18.20 - 18.26)
• 1969, European Championships : 3rd place (18.13 - 18.30 - 18.02 - 18.56 m - invalid - invalid)
• 1970, GDR championship: 1st place (18.08 m; in the absence of Olympic champion Margitta Gummel )
• 1971, European Championships : 2nd place (18.87 - 17.99 - 18.80 - 18.63 - 19.02 - 19.25 m )
• 1972, Olympic Games : 6th place (18.85 m)
• 1974, European Championships : 6th place (18.60 m)

Marita Lange started for the SC Chemie Halle and trained with Lothar Hinz . In her active days, she was 1.82 m tall and weighed 86 kg. After the end of her sports career, she became a lower school teacher and worked for the Halle district board of the GDR sports association DTSB . After the end of the GDR, she became a clerk at the Disabled and Rehabilitation Sports Association of Saxony-Anhalt and worked as a trainer for the wheelchair athlete Ulrich Iser ( Paralympics participant in Sydney 2004).

Awards (selection)

• 1968: Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze

Web links

• Marita Lange in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )