Astrid Kumbernuss

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Medal record
Astrid Kumbernuss
Astrid Kumbernuss
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Flag of Germany Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Shot put
Bronze 2000 Sydney Shot put
World Championships
Gold 1995 Gothenburg Shot put
Gold 1997 Athens Shot put
Gold 1999 Seville Shot put

Astrid Kumbernuss (born February 5, 1970 in Grevesmühlen) is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.

Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In 1997, she was awarded Athlete of the Year. In 1998, she gave birth to her son Philip, and retired from her sports career in 2005.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st Shot put
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 3rd Shot put
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 6th Shot put
1993 IAAF / Mobil Grand Prix Final London, England 2nd Shot put
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd Shot put
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st Shot put
1994 IAAF World Cup London, England 3rd Shot put
1995 IAAF / Mobil Grand Prix Final Monaco 1st Shot put
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st Shot put
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia 1st Shot put
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 2nd Shot put
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 1st Shot put
1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final Fukuoka, Japan 1st Shot put
1999 World Championships Sevilla, Spain 1st Shot put
1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final München, Germany 2nd Shot put
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd Shot put
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 3rd Shot put
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Alberta 6th Shot put
2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final Melbourne, Australia 1st Shot put
2002 European Championships Munchen, Germany 4th Shot put
2003 IAAF World Cup in Athletics Madrid, Spain 3rd Shot put
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 3rd Shot put
2003 SPAR European Cup Firenze 1st Shot put
2003 IAAF World Athletics Final Monaco 4th Shot put


Awards
Preceded by
Flag of Germany Katja Seizinger		 German Sportswoman of the Year
1997		 Succeeded by
Flag of Germany Katja Seizinger
Preceded by
Flag of Russia Svetlana Masterkova		 Women's European Athlete of the Year
1997		 Succeeded by
Flag of France Christine Arron
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhang Liuhong		 Women's Shot Put Best Year Performance
1995 – 1997		 Succeeded by
Flag of Ukraine Viktoriya Pavlysh



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Olympic Champions in the Women's Shot Put
1948: Micheline Ostermeyer • 1952: Galina Zybina • 1956: Tamara Tyshkevich • 1960: Tamara Press • 1964: Tamara Press • 1968: Margitta Gummel • 1972: Nadezhda Chizhova • 1976: Ivanka Hristova • 1980: Ilona Slupianek • 1984: Claudia Losch • 1988: Natalya Lisovskaya • 1992: Svetlana Krivelyova • 1996: Astrid Kumbernuss • 2000: Yanina Karolchyk • 2004: Yumileidi Cumbá

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