Kathrin Neimke

Kathrin Neimke (18 July 1966 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany. She won two Olympic medals, the first a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and the second a bronze at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Kathrin Neimke

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1966-07-18) 18 July 1966 Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany
Height	5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Country	East Germany (1987–1990) Germany (1991–1996)
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	SC Magdeburg
Coached by	Klaus Schneider
Achievements and titles
Personal best	21.21 m (1987)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing East Germany Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Shot put World Championships 1987 Rome Shot put European Championships 1990 Split Shot put European Indoor Championships 1988 Budapest Shot put Representing Germany Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Shot put World Championships 1993 Stuttgart Shot put World Indoor Championships 1995 Barcelona Shot put

Neimke represented SC Magdeburg and trained with Klaus Schneider. She is 1.80 meters tall and during her active career she weighed 95 kilograms. She has a degree in sales and at the end of her sporting career she had a job as reproduction photographer at a daily newspaper. After that she went to the Saxony-Anhalt police.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing East Germany
1987	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	2nd	20.07 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	21.21 m
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	20.20 m
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	21.07 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	3rd	19.96 m
Representing Germany
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	18.77 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	8th	18.83 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	19.78 m
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	3rd	17.97 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	8th	18.50 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	19.71 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	18.94 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	19.40 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	19.30 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	7th	18.92 m

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathrin Neimke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
• Kathrin Neimke at World Athletics