Anita Otto
Anita Otto (née Hentschel, born 12 December 1942) is a German former discus thrower. Representing East Germany, she won bronze in women's discus at the 1966 European Athletics Championships and placed fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Born | [1] Löbnitz, Germany | December 12, 1942||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||
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Event(s) | Discus throw | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Czechoslovakian sports statistician Jan Popper ranked Otto in the world's top five in women's discus throw every year from 1965 to 1968, and ninth in the world in 1969.[2] Otto was East German champion in 1965 (56.20 m) and 1966 (57.84 m), both of her winning marks being new meeting records.[3][4] At the 1966 European Championships in Budapest she placed third behind her teammate Christine Spielberg and West Germany's Liesel Westermann with a throw of 56.80 m.[5]
Otto placed fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, only throwing 54.40 m in rainy conditions and missing out on a medal by half a metre.[6]
References
- "Anita Otto Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "World Rankings — Women's Discus" (PDF). Track & Field News. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "East German Championships". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Diskuswerfen". Neues Deutschland. 26 July 1965. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Jalava, Mirko (2014). "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014: Statistics Handbook" (PDF). European Athletics. p. 404. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Athletics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Women's Discus Throw". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2014.