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Karen Forkel
German javelin thrower

Karen Forkel

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German javelin thrower
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Place of birth
Wolfen, Germany
Age
54 years
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63 kg
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Biography

Karen Forkel (born September 24, 1970 in Wolfen) is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers.Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters.

Her personal best throw with the new-type-javelin was 65.17 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt. This ranks her fifth among German javelin throwers, behind Christina Obergföll, Steffi Nerius, Tanja Damaske and Linda Stahl. With the old javelin type she threw 70.20 metres in May 1991 in Halle. This ranks her fifth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk and Beate Koch.

Forkel represented SC Chemie Halle, which after the German reunification was renamed SV Halle. During her career she was 1.72 meters tall and weighed 63 kilograms.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  East Germany
1987European Junior ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd57.00 m
1988World Junior ChampionshipsSudbury, Canada1st61.44 m
1989European Junior ChampionshipsVaraždin, Yugoslavia1st70.12 m
1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia2nd67.56 m
Representing  Germany
1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan12th57.90 m
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain3rd66.86 m
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany2nd65.80 m
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland2nd66.10 m
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6th64.18 m
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States6th64.18 m
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece14th60.70 m
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain12th54.65 m
  • 1993 European Cup (athletics) final: 2nd place (61.92)
  • 1994 IAAF World Cup final: 3rd place (61.26); 1994 European cup final: 2nd place (65.58)
  • 2000 European Cup (athletics) Final: 6th place (52.89)
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