Evelin Schlaak biography
Evelin Schlaak, married title Evelin Jahl, or (later) Evelin Herberg, (born March 28, 1956, Annaberg, East Germany [now Germany]), East German athlete who received an upset victory within the discus throw on the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. She went on to set world data within the discus and received a second Olympic gold medal on the 1980 Games in Moscow.
Schlaak started throwing the discus on the age of 13, successful the European junior championship in 1973 and setting a world junior report the next yr. Faina Melnik, a Russian who set 11 world data within the discus throw within the Nineteen Seventies and was the defending Olympic discus champion, was thought of an awesome favorite on the 1976 Games, however Schlaak threw the discus 69 metres (226 toes 4 inches) within the first spherical to win the gold medal. In 1978 she broke Melnik’s world report with a 70.72-metre (232-foot) throw, and in 1980 she set one other world report by throwing the discus 71.50 metres (234 toes 7 inches).
The report was quickly damaged by a Bulgarian, Maria Petkova, however on the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Jahl achieved the 4 longest throws of the competitors, simply defeating Petkova to develop into the primary girl to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in that occasion. Jahl’s different successes included six East German championships, European championships in 1978 and 1979, and a World Cup in 1979.