Evelin Jahl ( Schlaak and later Herberg, born 28 March 1956 in

Annaberg-Buchholz Annaberg-Buchholz () is a town in Saxony, Germany. Lying in the Ore Mountains, it is the capital of the district of Erzgebirgskreis. Geography The town is located in the Ore Mountains, at the side of the ''Pöhlberg'' ( above sea level). ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

, East Germany) is a German former

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...

er, who won two Olympic gold medals representing

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. In 1976 she won the women's discus throwing event at the

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Summer Olympics defeating favourite and world record holder Faina Melnik. In 1978 she set a new world record and also won the European Championships. Two years later Jahl defended the Olympic title in

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, again relegating Vergova, also competing under her married name (Petkova), into second place. From 1980 until 2016 Jahl was the only discus thrower to defend her Olympic title and win two Olympic gold medals. Her feat was equalled by Sandra Perković of

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at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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. She retired from throwing in 1982 after an injury. She later became GDR chairperson of a commission in the GDR

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association DVfL. After the 1976 Olympics she married shot putter Norbert Jahl und competed under her married name for the rest of her sporting career. Shortly after her retirement, she married the swim trainer Harald Herberg but she soon divorced him.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jahl, Evelin 1956 births Living people People from Annaberg-Buchholz East German female discus throwers Olympic athletes of East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People of the Stasi East German women Universiade silver medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Saxony