Beate Edeltraud Peters (born 12 October 1959) is a retired West German javelin thrower.

Biography

She finished seventh at the

1983 World Championships The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall me ...

and the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. She then won bronze medals at the 1986 European Championships and the 1987 World Championships. She also participated at the 1988 Olympics, but did not reach the final. She became West German champion in 1985 and 1986. She represented the clubs OSC Dortmund and

TV Wattenscheid TV Wattenscheid 01 Leichtathletik is a German sports club focused on athletics. Founded in 1971 in Wattenscheid, Bochum in the Western part of Germany, the club's history is linked to that of an older club, ''Turnverein Wattenscheid 01'', a gymnas ...

. Her personal best throw was 69.56 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in July 1986 in Berlin. This ranks her tenth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind

Petra Felke Petra Meier ( Felke; born 30 July 1959) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Representing East Germany, she became the Olympic Champion in 1988 and broke the world record four times between 1985 and ...

(who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel,

Tanja Damaske Tanja Damaske (born 16 November 1971 in East Berlin) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships. A year earlier she earned a b ...

, Ruth Fuchs, Ingrid Thyssen and Susanne Jung.

Private life

Beate Peters is openly

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and lives with retired heptathlete Sabine Braun.''Lesbische Liebe im Sport'' Lesbian love in sports (German)

Achievements

References

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1959 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics West German female javelin throwers Lesbian sportswomen LGBT track and field athletes German LGBT sportspeople German lesbians Olympic athletes for West Germany People from Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia Sportspeople from Münster (region) World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 21st-century German LGBT people {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub