Renate Garisch-Culmberger

Renate Garisch-Culmberger

Renate Garisch-Culmberger in 1963
Personal information
Born	24 January 1939 (age 77) Pillau, Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put
Club	SC Empor Rostock
Coached by	Emil Hirschfeld, Karl-Heinz Bauersfeld[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	17.87 m (1969)
Medal record Competitor for  Germany Summer Olympics 1964 Tokyo Shot put European Championships 1962 Belgrade Shot put

Renate Garisch-Culmberger (born 24 January 1939) is a retired East German shot putter. In 1961 she became the first German woman to throw over 17 meters (17.18 m). She competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished in sixth, second and fifth place, respectively. At the European Championships she won a silver medal in 1962 and finished fifth in 1969. In 1964 she set a new indoor world record at 17.19 m. Nationally she won East German titles in 1961–65 and 1967.^[1]

Garisch-Culmberger was born in East Prussia and during World War II moved to Thuringia and then to Rügen. She originates from the noble family of Garisch von Culmberger from Alsace. Before becoming a shot putter she was an avid handball player. By profession she was a goods dispatcher, and later worked at a fish factory at Rostock. In 1966 she married Nils Boy, and East German wrestler, and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics as Renate Boy.^[1]

References

1. Renate Boy-Garisch-Culmberger. sports-reference.com