Tanja Damaske

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Tanja Damaske (born November 16, 1971 in East Berlin ) is a former German athlete . The javelin thrower was European champion in 1998.

Life

Damaske won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in 1990 , still starting for the GDR . At the Universiade 1993 she won the silver medal. In 1994 she took part in the European Championships and finished sixth. In the same place she landed a year later at the World Championships in Gothenburg.

In 1997 Damaske took third place at the World Championships in Athens with 67.12 meters, behind the Norwegian Trine Hattestad (gold) and the Australian Joanna Stone (silver). In 1998 she increased her personal best at the German Championships to 70.10 meters. At the European Championships shortly afterwards in Budapest, she won the gold medal with 69.10 meters, ahead of Russian Tatjana Schikolenko (silver) and Finn Mikaela Ingberg (bronze). She also won the European Cup that year .

In 1999 a new spear was introduced. With this Damaske threw a new world record at the German Championships with 66.91 meters. At the World Championships in Seville, however, she had to give up in qualifying due to injury. For this she won again at the European Cup . In 2000 she was part of the squad for the Olympic Games in Sydney, but could not start because of an Achilles tendon rupture. In 2003 she ended her active sporting career due to increasing health problems.

Tanja Damaske was German champion in 1995 and 1997-2000. She started for the SC Traktor Schwerin (1985-89), the Schweriner SC (1990-92) and the OSC Berlin (from 1993). She is a psychologist.

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. ↑ Tanja Damaske ends career , www.leichtathletik.de May 27, 2003
  2. ^ Jan-Henner Reitze: Career after sport: initiative started , www.leichtathletik.de April 16, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Damask, Tanja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German javelin thrower
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH East Berlin , German Democratic Republic