Antje Zöllkau (née Kempe, born 22 June 1963) is a German former

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

er who represented

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. The 1982 European silver medallist, her best javelin throw of 72.16 metres in 1984, ranks her in the world all-time top 10 for the Pre-1999 old model javelin.

Career

Born Antje Kempe in

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, she won the silver medals at the 1981 European Junior Championships and the 1982 European Championships. She then competed at the 1983 World Championships, finishing eleventh. She won the GDR Championship title in 1983 with a throw of 68.42 metres. Her personal best throw was 72.16 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in May 1984 in

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. This ranks her second among German javelin throwers, only behind Petra Felke (who held the

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International competitions

All results regarding javelin throw

References

* 1963 births Living people People from Saalfeld Athletes from Thuringia East German female javelin throwers German female javelin throwers European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany Sportspeople from Bezirk Gera Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-javelin-bio-stub