Marion Lüttge
Marion Lüttge in 1963 | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Marion Gräfe | ||||||||||||||
Full name | Marion Lüttge | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
Born | 25 November 1941 (1941-11-25) (age 82) Leipzig, Germany | ||||||||||||||
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Country | East Germany | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best | 59.70 m (1966) | ||||||||||||||
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Marion Lüttge (née Gräfe; born 25 November 1941) is a former East German javelin thrower. Lüttge won the gold medal at the 1966 European Championships in Budapest.[1]
Biography
Lüttge was born in Leipzig, Saxony and had worked as a chemist before devoting herself to athletics. In 1963, she married the hammer thrower Friedrich Lüttge, the brother of shot putter Johanna Lüttge.
Lüttge was the East German champion in the javelin in 1962, 1963 and 1966.[2] She also established three national records during her career; she recorded the last of these on 2 September 1966 with a personal best throw of 59.70m during qualification for the final of the 1966 European Championships.
References
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- 1938: Lisa Gelius (GER)
- 1946: Klavdiya Mayuchaya (URS)
- 1950: Natalya Smirnitskaya (URS)
- 1954: Dana Zátopková (TCH)
- 1958: Dana Zátopková (TCH)
- 1962: Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS)
- 1966: Marion Lüttge (GDR)
- 1969: Angéla Németh (HUN)
- 1971: Daniela Jaworska (POL)
- 1974: Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1978: Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
- 1982: Anna Verouli (GRE)
- 1986: Fatima Whitbread (GBR)
- 1990: Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)
- 1994: Trine Hattestad (NOR)
- 1998: Tanja Damaske (GER)
- 2002: Mirela Maniani (GRE)
- 2006: Steffi Nerius (GER)
- 2010: Linda Stahl (GER)
- 2012: Vera Rebrik (UKR)
- 2014: Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
- 2016: Tatsiana Khaladovich (BLR)
- 2018: Christin Hussong (GER)
- 2022: Elina Tzengko (GRE)
- 2024: Victoria Hudson (AUT)
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