Marion Becker
| Personal information | ||||||||||
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| Birth name | Marion Steiner | |||||||||
| Nationality |
 West Germany | |||||||||
| Born |
January 21, 1950 (age 66) Hamburg, West Germany | |||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Javelin throw | |||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 65.14 m (1976) | |||||||||
Medal record
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Marion Becker (born Marion Steiner January 21, 1950 in Hamburg) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.
Biography
Becker competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw, where she won the silver medal with a throw of 220.5 ft (67.2 m), breaking the previous Olympic Record of 209.7 ft (63.9 m) set at the Munich Olympics in 1972 by Ruth Fuchs.[1]
References
- ↑
- "Glamour Events Begin at Olympics". The Ledger (via Google News). 22 July 1976. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- "Four Gym golds for Soviet". The Spokesman-Review (via Google News). 24 July 1976. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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