Evelin Jahl
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| Gold | Montreal 1976 | Discus | |
| Gold | Moscow 1980 | Discus | |
Evelin Jahl, née Schlaak (born March 28, 1956 in Annaberg,Saxony,Germany) is a German former discus thrower, who won two Olympic gold medals as an athlete representing East Germany.
In 1976 she won the women's discus throwing event at the Montreal Summer Olympics Bulgaria's Maria Vergova. The Olympic title in 1976 was the beginning of a steep ascent: She defeated world record holder Faina Melnik who was the undisputed favourite to win. In 1978 she set a new world record and also won the European Championships.
Two years later Jahl defended the Olympic title in Moscow, again relegating Vergova, also competing under her married name (Petkova), into second place. She improved her own world record in doing so. Jahl was the only discus thrower who could achieve two Olympic gold medals.
She retired from professional sport in 1982 after an injury.
She later became GDR chairperson of a comission in the GDR track and field association DVfL.
This biographical article relating to German athletics (track and field) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.| Olympic champions in women's discus throw |
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| 1928: Halina Konopacka | 1932: Lillian Copeland | 1936: Gisela Mauermayer | 1948: Micheline Ostermeyer | 1952: Nina Romaschkova | 1956: Olga Fikotová | 1960: Nina Ponomaryeva | 1964: Tamara Press | 1968: Lia Manoliu | 1972: Faina Melnik | 1976: Evelin Schlaak | 1980: Evelin Jahl | 1984: Ria Stalman | 1988: Martina Hellmann | 1992: Maritza Martén | 1996: Ilke Wyludda | 2000: Ellina Zvereva | 2004: Natalya Sadova |
