Ruth Fuchs
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's athletics | |||
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| Gold | Munich 1972 | Javelin | |
| Gold | Montreal 1976 | Javelin | |
Ruth Fuchs, née Gamm (born December 14, 1946 in Egeln) is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olympic Games. She set the world record for the javelin six times during the 1970s.
Her personal best throw was 69.96 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in April 1980 in Split. This ranks her seventh among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel and Tanja Damaske.[1]
After retirement Fuchs became a member of Parliament for the Party of Democratic Socialism (now the Left Party) in the re-united Germany.
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| Olympic champions in women's javelin throw |
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| 1932: Babe Didrikson | 1936: Tilly Fleischer | 1948: Herma Bauma | 1952: Dana Zátopková | 1956: Inese Jaunzeme | 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa | 1964: Mihaela Peneş | 1968: Angéla Németh | 1972: Ruth Fuchs | 1976: Ruth Fuchs | 1980: María Colón | 1984: Tessa Sanderson | 1988: Petra Felke | 1992: Silke Renk | 1996: Heli Rantanen | 2000: Trine Hattestad | 2004: Osleidys Menéndez |
Categories: 1946 births | Living people | Javelin throwers | East German athletes | Athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1980 Summer Olympics | Olympic competitors for East Germany | Olympic gold medalists for East Germany | German politicians
