Silke Renk

Silke Renk
Personal information
Nationality	East Germany; Germany
Born	30 June 1967 (age 57); Querfurt, Bezirk Halle, East Germany
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country	East Germany; Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Club	SC Chemie Halle
Achievements and titles
Personal best	71.00 (1988)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships
Representing East Germany
Universiade

Silke Renk (born 30 June 1967 in Querfurt, Bezirk Halle) is a retired German javelin thrower.

She represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth,^[1] and at the 1990 European Championships where she finished fourth.

She then experienced her career highlight as she won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] Renk won with a throw of 68.34 meters, defeating Natalya Shikolenko, who took home the silver medal, and compatriot Karen Forkel.

The next year she finished sixth at the 1993 World Championships. She withdrew from the 1994 European Championships because of knee injury problems, and never reached another international final despite starting at the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Her personal best was 71.00 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in June 1988 in Rostock. This ranks her third among German javelin throwers, only behind Petra Felke (who held the world record) and Antje Kempe.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing East Germany
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	5th	66.38 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	4th	64.76 m
Representing Germany
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	66.80 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	68.34 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	64.00 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	13th	59.70 m

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Silke Renk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Silke Renk (-Lange)
^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.

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[SR-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Silke Renk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Silke Renk (-Lange)

[2] ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.

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