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Wyludda Ilke GER
Sex Weight Height Date of Birth Place of birth
W 95.00 1.84 28/03/1969 Leipzig
Information
Set eleven junior records at discus and two at shot put. At discus won EC 1990 and 1994, EJ 1985 and 1987, GWG 1990, GP 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1996, ECp 1989, 1991, 1994 and 1996. At shot put won EJ 1987 (2nd in 1985). She was unbeaten from 1989 to World Championships 1991, after 41 successive wins. She had her right leg from just above the knee amputated on Dec 9, 2010 following a bacterial infection which led to blood poisoning. "I had the choice of either losing the leg or my life," she said.
Personal Best - Outdoor
Performance Wind Place Date
Shot Put 20.23 Karl-Marx-Stadt 16/07/1988
Discus Throw 74.56 Neubrandenburg 23/07/1989
Progression - Outdoor
Season Performance Wind Place Date
Shot Put 1988 20.23 Karl-Marx-Stadt 16/07/1988
1987 20.11 Leipzig 29/07/1987
1986 19.08 Karl-Marx-Stadt 09/08/1986
Discus Throw 2000 65.76 Chemnitz 22/07/2000
1999 62.66 Erfurt 03/07/1999
1998 63.46 Budapest 21/08/1998
1996 69.66 Atlanta, GA 29/07/1996
1995 69.20 Norden 20/08/1995
1994 68.72 Helsinki 10/08/1994
1993 64.06 Stuttgart 17/08/1993
1992 70.96 Sevilla 06/06/1992
1991 69.12 Tokyo 31/08/1991
1990 71.10 Tel Aviv 27/05/1990
1989 74.56 Neubrandenburg 23/07/1989
1988 74.40 Berlin 13/09/1988
1987 71.64 Potsdam 20/08/1987
1986 65.86 Neubrandenburg 01/08/1986
1985 62.36 Halle 19/05/1985
1984 57.74 Cottbus 26/07/1984
Honours
Rank Performance Wind Place Date
Discus Throw
27th Olympic Games 7 f 63.16 Sydney 27/09/2000
IAAF/MOBIL Grand Prix Final 1 f 64.74 Milano 07/09/1996
26th Olympic Games 1 f 69.66 Atlanta, GA 29/07/1996
5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2 f 67.20 Göteborg 12/08/1995
10th IAAF/Mobil Grand Prix Final 1 f 65.84 Paris 03/09/1994
4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 11 f 60.42 Stuttgart 19/08/1993
6th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 2 f 67.90 La Habana 25/09/1992
3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2 f 69.12 Tokyo 31/08/1991
5th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 1 f 71.54 Barcelona 10/09/1989
2nd IAAF World Junior Championships 1 f 68.24 Sudbury 31/07/1988
2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics 4 f 68.20 Roma 31/08/1987
1st IAAF World Junior Championships 1 f 64.02 Athína 20/07/1986