Nadine Müller (born 21 November 1985) is a German

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. She was born in

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. As a teenager, she won the silver medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships and the bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships. Her personal best throw as a junior was 57.85 metres, achieved in May 2004 in

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. She improved gradually to 59.35 metres in May 2005 and 62.93 metres in May 2007, both in Halle. She competed at the 2007 World Championships, but without reaching the final. In May 2009 she improved to 63.46 metres in a meet in Wiesbaden. She finished fourth at the 2009 European Team Championships, Super League, and sixth at the 2009 World Championships. She started the 2010 season well by setting a new personal best – having already won gold at the

2010 European Cup Winter Throwing The 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 20 and 21 March 2010 at the Stade Fernand Fournier in Arles, France. It was the tenth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events and it was organised by the European Athletics Asso ...

competition, she used her last throw of the contest to push her limits and threw a best of 64.30 m. She threw even further a few months later, winning the 15th Throwers Cup in

with a world leading mark of 67.78 m.

Personal life

Nadine Müller married her partner Sabine in a civil union on New Year's Eve 2013.https://www.welt.de/sport/article123442197/Hochzeit-mit-Sabine-und-Suche-nach-Samenspender.html Hochzeit mit Sabine und Suche nach Samenspender.

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, (2014-01-01. Retrieved on 2014-01-06)

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* * * * * * * * 1985 births Living people German female discus throwers German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists German LGBT sportspeople Lesbian sportswomen World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Athletes from Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig athletes LGBT track and field athletes {{Germany-discus-bio-stub