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Also known as Ruth Gamm, Ruth Hellmann

German politician and athlete, Olympic champion (1946–2023)

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Nationality
Germany
Born
Ruth Gamm , ( 1946-12-14 ) 14 December 1946, Egeln , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany
Died
20 September 2023 (2023-09-20) (aged 76), Jena , Thuringia , Germany
Height
1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight
71 kg (157 lb)
Country
East Germany
Sport
Athletics
Event
Javelin throw
Club
TuS Jena
Personal best
69.96 m (1980)

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Encyclopedic overview

Ruth Fuchs (née Gamm, later Hellmann, 14 December 1946 – 20 September 2023) was a German politician and athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olympic Games. She set the world record for the javelin six times during the 1970s.

Her personal best throw was 69.96 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in April 1980 in Split. This ranks her seventh among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel, and Tanja Damaske.

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