Betty Heidler

Medal record

Heidler at the 2007 World Championships
Competitor for  Germany
Women's athletics
World Championships
Gold 2007 Osaka Hammer
Silver 2009 Berlin Hammer
Silver 2011 Daegu Hammer
European Championships
Gold 2010 Barcelona Hammer
Universiade
Gold 2009 Belgrade Hammer

Betty Heidler (born 14 October 1983 in Berlin, GDR) is a German hammer thrower, a world record holder. She is living in Frankfurt now and member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletes team. She is working for the German Federal Police where she is member of the sports support group and started studying Bachelor of Laws at the Fernuniversität Hagen in 2007.

She put in a dominant performance at the 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing with a winning mark of 72.48 m, beating her nearest rival by more than three metres.[1]

Heidler won the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge in 2010, finishing at the top of the rankings ahead of Anita Wlodarczyk.[2]

On the 21st of May 2011, in Halle, she threw a new world record in hammer throw, with a throw at 79.42 m.[3]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2003 World Championships Paris, France 11th 65.81
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 4th 72.73
World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 6th 69.65
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 29th 61.91
World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 6th 69.95
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 70.89
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st 75.44 CR
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 1st 74.76
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 9th 70.06
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 5th 69.72
2009 Summer Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 1st 75.83 CR
World Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 77.12 NR
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 1st 72.03
2010 European Cup Winter Throwing Arles, France 1st 72.48 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 2nd 76.06 m

References

  1. ^ Mikhnevich and Müller put on a show at the European Cup Winter Throwing. European Athletics (20 March 2010). Retrieved on 23 March 2010.
  2. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2010-08-29). Rudisha lowers 800m World record again, 1:41.01; Carter dashes 9.78sec in Rieti – IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.
  3. ^ http://www.leichtathletik.de/index.php?NavID=1&SiteID=28&NewsID=32529

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Records
Preceded by
Anita Włodarczyk		 Women's Hammer World Record Holder
May 21, 2011 –		 Succeeded by
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