Medal record | ||
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Track and field (athletics) | ||
Competitor for Germany | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Shot Putt – F32-33 |
Gold | 2000 Sydney | Discus Throw – F34 |
Silver | 2008 Beijing | Shot Putt – F32-34/52-53 |
Bronze | 2008 Beijing | Javelin Throw - F33/34/52-53 |
Birgit Pohl is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.
She competed in her first paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta, United States where she won a gold medal in the F32-33 shot putt. She returned to the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia where she won a gold in the F33-34 discus throw. After an unsuccessful 2004 games in Athens, Greece, failing to win a medal in any of her three events, discus, shot or javelin. She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's F32-34/52-53 shot putt event and a bronze in the T33/34/52/53 javelin throw