Marlene Fuchs

Marlene Fuchs , b. Klein (born March 31, 1942 in Euskirchen ) is a former German athlete and Olympic participant who was successful as a shot putter in the 1960s and early 1970s . She won 16 German championships.

Life

Marlene Fuchs grew up with her brother and sister in the Euskirchen district of Großbüllesheim , where her parents ran a grocery store. Her athletic talent first came to light in 1952, when the ten-year-old achieved the best number of points in the three-way battle at the National Youth Games. She then joined the ETSC . She was sponsored by her father, who accompanied her to all competitions, by association sports teacher Werner Frey and later by the Leverkusen starter coach Gerd Osenberg , although she always competed for Euskirchen. She competed in her first competition in 1957 at the youth championships in Schweinfurt . Two years later she was able to win the title in the shot put and in the discus throw . In 1960 she was rewarded for her achievements in the pentathlon and in the throwing disciplines with a free ticket to the Olympic Games in Rome , but did not take part in the competitions there.

She missed qualifying for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo by nine centimeters. Four years later, she qualified for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , where she reached the final battle and came in seventh with 17.11 m.

Between 1961 and 1972 she played a total of 40 international matches. Her personal best is 17.54 m.

Fuchs worked as a freelance children's gymnastics teacher. She has been married since 1966 and has two children.

Services

• National:

year	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972
Open air, width (m)	Second	14.82	Second	16.01	16.08	Second	16.58	16.77	Second	17.25	17.04	16.50
Hall, width (m)	third	Second	Second	15.33	16.32	15.74	15.11	16.53	16.18	16.89	16.88

There is also a second (1964) and a third (1967) place in the discus throw.

• International:
  • European Indoor Games 1966 in Dortmund : 6th place with 15.63 m (the third place, Nadeschda Tschischowa , came to 16.95 m)
  • European Championships 1966 in Budapest : 7th place with 15.89 m (the third-placed, Marita Lange from the GDR , hit 16.96 m)
  • European Indoor Games 1968 in Madrid : 5th place with 16.01 m (third place, Marita Lange, hit 17.19 m)
  • 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City : 7th place with 17.11 m (she was more than a meter away from a medal because third place, Nadezhda Tschischowa, hit 18.19 m)
  • European Indoor Championships 1970 in Vienna : 7th place with 16.71 m (the third place, Marita Lange, hit 18.09 m)

In 1967 she represented Germany at the semi-finals of the European Cup in Wuppertal and came third with 16.16 m.

Marlene Fuchs was considered the best shot putter in Western Europe in her time. However , it could do nothing against the overwhelming competition from the Eastern Bloc .

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• 700 years of the city of Euskirchen. Ed. City of Euskirchen 2002, p. 495 ff