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Kristin Pudenz
German discus thrower (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kristin Pudenz (born 9 February 1993) is a German athlete specialising in the discus throw. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympic Games, and has competed at multiple other major championships including the 2024 Olympic Games. She was also a silver medalist at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.[1]
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She is a member of Sport Club Potsdam,[2] and attended the University of Potsdam. She won the gold medal in the discus throw at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, having also previously won a bronze medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[3][4]
She competed in the discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, placing eleventh in the final.[5]
Pudenz won the silver medal at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan held in 2021 with a personal best throw of 66.86 metres.[6]
She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she successfully reached the final and placed eleventh overall.[7] She also won the silver medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where she set a personal best of 67.87 metres.[8]
She won the gold medal whilst competing for Germany at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia, Poland.[9] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, placing sixth overall with a throw of 65.96 metres.[10]
In June 2024, she won the German Athletics Championships wonen’s discus throw competition for the sixth consecutive year.[2] She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, where she qualified for the final and placed tenth overall with a best throw of 60.38 metres.[11]
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