Gabriele "Gabi" Reinsch (born 23 September 1963 in

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) is a German

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete. She represented

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in the 1988 Olympic Games in

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 ...

. On 9 July 1988 at the East Germany –

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tournament in

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she set a new world record with a throw of . This was further than the previous record, set by the

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n Zdenka Šilhavá. Reinsch's record still stands (the East German Martina Hellmann had in fact thrown and , both on 6 September 1988, but these came in an unofficial event and could not be counted as the world record). Reinsch began competing at the age of 14 and tried at first the high jump and shot put, even placing second in the shot put at the 1981 junior European championships. In 1982 she switched to the discus.

International competitions

*1988 Olympic Games: (67.26 - 66.50 - 63.30 - 65.88 - 66.40 - Foul) *1990 European Championships: (Foul - 63.46 - 64.30 - Foul - 66.08 - 65.06) Reinsch belonged to the Cottbus sport club until 1985 and then from 1986 to the ASK Potsdam. She trained with

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. During her competitive years she was 1.84 meters tall and weighed 88 kilograms.

External links

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Universiade (gbrathletics.com)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinsch, Gabriele 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Cottbus People from Bezirk Cottbus East German female discus throwers German female discus throwers Olympic athletes of East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics record holders Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade