Ilke Wyludda
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 Wyludda in 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 March 1969 Leipzig, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 December 2024 (aged 55) Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  East Germany (1984–1990) Germany (1991–2000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Chemie Halle LAC Chemnitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 74.56 (1989) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ilke Wyludda (28 March 1969 – 1 December 2024) was a German discus thrower, former Olympic champion.
Career
[edit]Wyludda set eleven junior records at discus throw (and also two at shot put), and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins until beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships. Wyludda never won the world championships, but she became Olympic champion in 1996.[1]
In early January 2011 Wyludda revealed in Bild that she had to have her right leg amputated because of sepsis.[2] After losing her leg she returned to athletics and began entering para-sport competitions. In 2012, she represented Germany at the London Paralympics becoming the first German athlete to have represented her country at both Olympic and Paralympic Games.[3] In 2014, she entered the IPC European Championships in Swansea, taking the bronze medal in the F57 discus and silver in the shot put.[4][5]
Ilke Wyludda died in Halle on 1 December 2024, at the age of 55.[6][7]
Personal bests
[edit]- Discus throw – 74.56 (1989)
- Discus throw U23 – 74.56 (1989) WU23B
- Discus throw Junior – 74.40 (1988) WJB
- Discus throw Youth – 65.86 (1986) WYB
- Shot put – 20.23 (1988)
- Shot put U23 – 20.23 (1988)
- Shot put Junior – 20.23 (1988)
- Shot put Youth – 19.08 (1986) WYB
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing East Germany
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| 1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | Discus | 64.02 m |
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 4th | Discus | 68.20 m |
| 1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | 1st | Discus | 68.24 m |
| 1989 | IAAF World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | Discus | 71.54 m |
| 1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 1st | Discus | 68.08 m |
| European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | Discus | 68.46 m | |
| Representing Germany
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| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Discus | 69.12 m |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 9th | Discus | 62.16 m |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | Discus | 68.72 m |
| IAAF World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 1st | Discus | 65.30 m | |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | Discus | 67.20 m |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 1st | Discus | 69.66 m |
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Milan, Italy | 1st | Discus | 64.74 m | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 7th | Discus | 63.16 m |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ilke Wyludda (55): Trauer um deutsche Diskus-Olympiasiegerin". Die Welt (in German). 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Atlanta discus queen Wyludda loses leg". Times of Malta. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Wyludda, Ilke". IPC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "Women's Javelin Throw – F57 Final" (PDF). IPC. 21 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Women's Shot Put – F57 Final". IPC. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Olympiasiegerin Ilke Wyludda gestorben". FAZ.NET (in German). 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Diskus-Olympiasiegerin Ilka Wyludda gestorben". ZDFheute (in German). 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ilke Wyludda.
- Ilke Wyludda at IMDb
- Ilke Wyludda at World Athletics
- Ilke Wyludda at the International Paralympic Committee
- Ilke Wyludda at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Wyniki Wyludda na stronie rzutyiskoki (in Polish)
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Categories:
- 1969 births
- 2024 deaths
- Athletes from Leipzig
- East German female discus throwers
- East German female shot putters
- German female discus throwers
- German female shot putters
- German amputees
- Discus throwers with limb difference
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Paralympic athletes for Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- World Athletics U20 Championships winners
- East German Athletics Championships winners
- SC Chemie Halle athletes
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Leipzig