Christina Obergföll
Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Javelin throw | |
2012 London | Javelin throw | |
World Championships | ||
2013 Moscow | Javelin throw | |
2005 Helsinki | Javelin throw | |
2007 Osaka | Javelin throw | |
2011 Daegu | Javelin throw | |
European Championships | ||
2010 Barcelona | Javelin throw | |
2012 Helsinki | Javelin throw |
Christina Obergföll (German pronunciation: [kʁɪsˈtiːna ˈoːbɐ.kfœl] ⓘ; born 22 August 1981) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was World Champion in 2013. Her personal best throw of 70.20 m is the German record. It also ranks her fifth on the overall list.
Career
At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, Obergföll won the silver medal with a European record (70.03m) by finishing second behind Osleidys Menéndez, who set a new world record at the same event.
Obergföll finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
With 70.20m, she improved her own European record at the European Cup Super League meeting in Munich on 23 June 2007.[1]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal,[2] but lost the European record to Barbora Špotáková.
At the 2012 Olympics in London, she repeated her greatest success, when she won a silver medal.[2]
At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, which was held in Moscow, Russia, Obergföll got the gold with a mark of 69.05 meters, reaching the success that she was always fighting for. Also in 2013, she married Boris Henry.
Obergföll took 2014 off due to being pregnant, but returned for the 2015 World Championships, where she finished fourth. In 2016, she finished eight at the Olympic Games and retired thereafter.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Germany | |||||
2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 8th | Javelin throw | 50.23 m |
2001 | European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 9th | Javelin throw | 51.77 m |
2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 8th | Javelin throw | 54.28 m |
Universiade | Daegu, South Korea | 8th | Javelin throw | 53.38 m | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 15th (q) | Javelin throw | 60.41 m |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | Javelin throw | 70.03 m |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th | Javelin throw | 61.89 m |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | Javelin throw | 66.46 m |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 2nd | Javelin throw | 66.13 m |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | Javelin throw | 64.34 m |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | Javelin throw | 65.58 m |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 3rd | Javelin throw | 65.24 m |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | Javelin throw | 65.12 m |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | Javelin throw | 65.16 m | |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 1st | Javelin throw | 69.05 m |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 4th | Javelin throw | 64.61 m |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8th | Javelin throw | 62.92 m |
References
- ^ Wenig, Jörg. "70.20 European Javelin Throw record for Obergföll in Munich". IAAF. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christina Obergföll". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Christina Obergföll at World Athletics
- Christina Obergföll at European Athletics (archive)
- Christina Obergföll at the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German)
- Christina Obergföll at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
- Christina Obergföll at Olympics.com
- Christina Obergföll at Olympedia
- Christina Obergfoll at Beijing2008 at the Wayback Machine (archived August 30, 2008)
Records | ||
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Preceded by | Women's javelin european record holder 14 August 2005 – 21 August 2008 | Succeeded by |
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by | Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 2006, 2007 | Succeeded by |
Awards and achievements | ||
Preceded by | German Sportswoman of the Year 2013 | Succeeded by |
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- 1983: Tiina Lillak (FIN)
- 1987: Fatima Whitbread (GBR)
- 1991: Xu Demei (CHN)
- 1993: Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 1995: Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)
- 1997: Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 1999: Mirela Maniani (GRE)
- 2001: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2003: Mirela Maniani (GRE)
- 2005: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
- 2007: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2009: Steffi Nerius (GER)
- 2011: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2013: Christina Obergföll (GER)
- 2015: Katharina Molitor (GER)
- 2017: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2019: Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS)
- 2022: Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS)
- 2023: Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN)
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