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| Born | 12 December 1942[1] Löbnitz, Germany | |||||||||||
| Died | 18 April 2019 (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.
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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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