Helma Knorscheidt (born 31 December 1956 in Nauendorf,

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) is an East German

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter. She competed for the sports club SC Chemie Halle during her active career. As a veteran Helma Knorscheidt (now married Teuscher) is active as well. She took part at several

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and

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. She was most successful by winning the shot put competition age group W50 at World Championships 2007 in

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(Italy) (14,40 m using 3 kg shot) and gaining the world record in same age group at European Championship 2008 in

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(result 14,94 m)''(excelled in 2009 by Alexandra Marghieva)list of actual records
compiled by EVAA, version 31st December 2010''

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1956 births Living people People from Saalekreis East German female shot putters SC Chemie Halle athletes World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for East Germany Universiade silver medalists for East Germany Universiade bronze medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub