Karin Illgen
East German discus thrower
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Karin Illgen (born 7 April 1941 in Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German discus thrower who competed for East Germany during her career. She represented East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing in tenth place in the overall-rankings. Illgen is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's discus event at the 1970 Summer Universiade in Torino. She also participated at the 1971 European Championships in Athletics, but was eliminated in the qualification round.
She continues to throw in masters athletics.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karin Illgen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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World University Games champions in women's discus throw
- 1959:
Györgyi Hegedus (HUN)
- 1961:
Tamara Press (URS)
- 1963:
Tamara Press (URS)
- 1965:
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (HUN)
- 1967:
Liesel Westermann (FRG)
- 1970:
Karin Illgen (GDR)
- 1973:
Faina Melnik (URS)
- 1975:
Mariya Vergova (BUL)
- 1977:
Mariya Vergova (BUL)
- 1979:
Svetlana Melnikova (URS)
- 1981:
Florența Crăciunescu (ROU)
- 1983:
Florența Crăciunescu (ROU)
- 1985:
Maritza Martén (CUB)
- 1987:
Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)
- 1989:
Hou Xuemei (CHN)
- 1991:
Xiao Yanling (CHN)
- 1993:
Renata Katewicz (POL)
- 1995:
Natalya Sadova (RUS)
- 1997:
Natalya Sadova (RUS)
- 1999:
Nicoleta Grasu (ROU)
- 2001:
Li Qiumei (CHN)
- 2003:
Natalya Fokina-Semenova (UKR)
- 2005:
Wioletta Potępa (POL)
- 2007:
Yarelys Barrios (CUB)
- 2009:
Dani Samuels (AUS)
- 2011:
Żaneta Glanc (POL)
- 2013:
Vera Ganeeva (RUS)
- 2015:
Yuliya Maltseva (RUS)
- 2017:
Kristin Pudenz (GER)
- 2019:
Daisy Osakue (ITA)
- 2021:
Antonia Kinzel (GER)
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