Ilke Wyludda

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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Discus
World Championships
Silver	1991 Tokyo	Discus
Silver	1995 Gothenburg	Discus

Ilke Wyludda (born March 28, 1969 in Leipzig) is a former discus thrower from Germany.

She set eleven junior records at discus throw and even two at shot put, and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins, only to be beaten by Tzvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships. Wyludda never won the world championships, but she became Olympic champion in 1996.

[edit] Personal bests

Discus throw - 74.56 (1989)
Shot put - 20.23 (1988)

[edit] Major achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	Discus
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	Discus
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	1st

[edit] External reference

IAAF profile for Ilke Wyludda

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gabriele Reinsch	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1989 – 1990	Succeeded by Tsvetanka Khristova
Preceded by Larisa Korotkevich	Women's Discus Best Year Performance alongside Daniela Costian 1994	Succeeded by Mette Bergmann
Preceded by Mette Bergmann	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1996	Succeeded by Xiao Yanling