Kathrin Neimke (18 July 1966 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the world's best in the

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 ...

. Until 1990 she represented East Germany. She won two Olympic medals, the first a silver medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, and the second a bronze at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona. Neimke represented SC Magdeburg and trained with Klaus Schneider. She is 1.80 meters tall and during her active career she weighed 95 kilograms. She has a degree in sales and at the end of her sporting career she had a job as reproduction photographer at a daily newspaper. After that she went to the Saxony-Anhalt police.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neimke, Kathrin 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Magdeburg East German female shot putters German female shot putters Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for East Germany World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade People from Bezirk Magdeburg SC Magdeburg athletes