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Ingrid Thyssen
German javelin thrower
Ingrid Anna Thyssen (born 9 September 1956 in Aachen) is a retired West German javelin thrower.
She finished seventh at the 1978 European Championships.[1]
She competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final.[2]
She finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[3]
She seventh at the 1986 European Championships.[4]
She finished ninth at the 1987 World Championships.[5]
She finished eighth at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]
She finished sixth at the 1990 European Championships.[6]
She became West German champion eight times, in the years 1979–1984, 1987, and 1988.
She represented the clubs TG Aachen, ASV Köln, and LG Bayer Leverkusen.[7]
Her personal best throw was 69.68 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in August 1987 in West Berlin.
This ranks her eighth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel, Tanja Damaske, and Ruth Fuchs.[8]
- "Women Javelin Throw European Championships 1978 Praga (CZE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- "Women Javelin World Championship 1983 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- "Ingrid Thyssen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- "Women Javelin World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987". Todor Krastev. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- "Women Javelin Throw European Championships 1986 Stuttgart (GER)". Todor Krastev. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- "Women Javelin Throw Athletics XV European Championships 1990 Split (YUG)". Todor Krastev. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc Archived 2007-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
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