Anita Otto
East German discus thrower
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| Born | 12 December 1942[1] Löbnitz, Germany | |||||||||||
| Died | 18 April 2019(2019-04-18) (aged 76) | |||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Event | Discus throw | |||||||||||
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Anita Otto (née Hentschel, 12 December 1942 – 18 April 2019) was a German discus thrower. Representing East Germany, she won bronze in women's discus at the 1966 European Athletics Championships and placed fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Career
Otto was East German champion in 1965 (56.20 m) and 1966 (57.84 m), both of her winning marks being new meeting records.[2][3] At the 1966 European Championships in Budapest she placed third behind her teammate Christine Spielberg and West Germany's Liesel Westermann with a throw of 56.80 m.[4]
Otto placed fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, only throwing 54.40 m in rainy conditions and missing out on a medal by half a metre.[5]
Czechoslovakian sports statistician Jan Popper ranked Otto in the world's top five in women's discus throw every year from 1965 to 1968, and ninth in the world in 1969.[6]
References
- ^ "Anita Otto Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "East German Championships". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Diskuswerfen". Neues Deutschland. 26 July 1965. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2014). "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014: Statistics Handbook" (PDF). European Athletics. p. 404. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Athletics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Women's World Discus Rankings By Athlete". Track & Field News. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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