Birgit Pohl (22 April 1954 – 21 June 2022) was a German Paralympian athlete competing mainly in throwing events.
| Medal record | ||
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| Paralympic athletics | ||
Representing  Germany
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| Paralympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | Shot Put – F32-33 |
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2000 Sydney | Discus Throw – F34 |
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2008 Beijing | Shot Put – F32–34/52–53 |
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2008 Beijing | Javelin Throw – F33/34/52–53 |
Career
editShe competed in her first Paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta, United States, where she won a gold medal in the F32–33 shot put. She returned to the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia where she won a gold in the F33–34 discus throw.
After an unsuccessful 2004 games in Athens, Greece, failing to win a medal in any of her three events, discus, shot or javelin, she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's F32–34/52–53 shot put event and a bronze in the T33/34/52/53 javelin throw.
Pohl announced her retirement from sports in 2012.[1] She died on 21 June 2022 at the age of 68.[2]
References
edit- ^ Rabel, Andreas (18 January 2012). "Paralympicssiegerin Birgit Pohl hört auf". Ostthüringer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Paralympic-Sportlerin Birgit Pohl verstorben". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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