Mihaela Peneş
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women’s Track and Field | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | Javelin | |
| Silver | 1968 Mexico City | Javelin | |
Mihaela Peneş (born July 22, 1947 in Bucharest) is a former track and field athlete from Romania, who competed mainly in the javelin.
She competed for Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the javelin, where she won the gold medal ahead of Hungary's Márta Rudas. Four years later in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Hungary got revenge when Angéla Németh won the gold medal ahead of Peneş' silver.
| Olympic champions in women's javelin throw |
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| 1932: Babe Didrikson | 1936: Tilly Fleischer | 1948: Herma Bauma | 1952: Dana Zátopková | 1956: Inese Jaunzeme | 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa | 1964: Mihaela Peneş | 1968: Angéla Németh | 1972: Ruth Fuchs | 1976: Ruth Fuchs | 1980: María Colón | 1984: Tessa Sanderson | 1988: Petra Felke | 1992: Silke Renk | 1996: Heli Rantanen | 2000: Trine Hattestad | 2004: Osleidys Menéndez |
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