Renate Boy
Renate Boy (born Garisch-Culmberger ; born January 24, 1939 in Pillau , East Prussia ) is a former German athlete and Olympic medalist who was one of the world's best shot putters in the 1960s, starting for the GDR .
Life
She became vice European champion in 1962 . Her greatest success is the silver medal at the 1964 Olympic Games , where she competed in the all-German team.
After the birth of two children, she made a successful comeback in 1967 and 1968, but without medal success at international highlights. Garisch-Culmberger started for SC Empor Rostock and initially trained with Emil Hirschfeld , the first 16-meter pusher and Olympic third party from 1928. Later she was looked after by Karl-Heinz Bauersfeld .
In her active days she was 1.76 m tall and weighed 108 kg. In the documents on doping in the GDR that became public after the reunification , the name of Boy was also found among the doped athletes. After her sports career, she worked as a shift manager in the Rostock fish combine .
International successes:
- Olympic Games 1960 : 6th place (15.94 m)
- European Championships 1962 : 2nd place (16.91 - 16.17 - 16.51 - 17.15 - 16.18 - 17.17 m )
- Olympic Games 1964 : 2nd place (17.41 - 17.10 - 16.38 - 17.61 m - 17.00 - 17.01)
- Olympic Games 1968 : 5th place (17.72 m)
- European Championships 1969 : 5th place (17.59 m)
Awards
- 1964: Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
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
- ^ Brigitte Berendonk : Doping. From research to fraud . Reinbek 1992, ISBN 3-499-18677-2 , p. 181
Web links
- Renate Boy in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boy, Renate |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garisch-Culmberger, Renate (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shot putter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pillau , East Prussia |