Christine Spielberg

Christa Spielberg

Personal information
Nationality	East German
Born	21 December 1941 Niederlungwitz, Glauchau, Sachsen, Germany
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	discus throw
Club	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record Representing   East Germany Women's Athletics European Championships 1966 Budapest Discus

Christine Spielberg also known as Christa Spielberg (born 21 December 1941) is a former German track and field athlete who competed in the women's discus throw ^[1] and comepeted at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Biography

She claimed the gold medal at the 1966 European Championships in the discus throw event. ^[2]

Speilberg set the world record on 26 May 1968, reaching 61.64 m (202 ft 2+3⁄4 in) in Regis-Breitingen ^[3] and on 20 July finished second behind Karin Illgen at the British 1968 WAAA Championships. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

She represented East Germany at the 1968 Olympic Games and placed seventh in the final. ^[7] She had the second-best throw of her career in the 1970 season, throwing 61.46 m (201 ft 7+1⁄2 in) which ranked her fifth in the world that year. In the last major outing, she finished eighth at the 1971 European Athletics Championships. Her season's best of 60.72 m (199 ft 2+1⁄2 in) that year made her the seventh best thrower for the season and was the final time she ranked in the top ten globally. ^[8]

References

1. "Lia Manoliu – Discus throw women- Athletics". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
2. "European Championships Statistics – Women's DT" (PDF). Track and Field News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
3. "13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2011" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2011. p. 701. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
4. "World-Beater Vera" . Sunday Post. 21 July 1968. Retrieved 2 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
6. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
7. Christine Spielberg. Sports-reference. Retrieved on 28 October 2014.
8. Christine Spielberg. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 28 October 2014.

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005.

Records
Preceded by Liesel Westermann	Women's discus world record holder 26 May 1968 – 24 August 1968	Succeeded by Liesel Westermann