Javelin Throw in History
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Events in Sport
- 1984-07-20 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
- 1987-07-23 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
- 1991-05-06 Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9"
- 1991-06-02 Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1"
Birthdays in Sport
- 1909-02-18 Matti Jarvinen, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1932)
- 1910-08-05 Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
- 1911-07-28 Gerhard Stoeck, German javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1936)
- 1915-01-23 Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1948)
- 1922-09-19 Dana Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1952)
- 1927-10-25 Franklin "Bud" Held, American javelin world champ (1949, 51, 53-55), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1928-07-23 Cy Young, American athlete and only US male to win gold in javelin throwing (1952 Olympics), born in Modesto, California (d. 2017)
- 1939-10-08 Elvira Ozolina, USSR, javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1960)
- 1946-10-23 Miklos Nemeth, Hungarian javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1976)
- 1946-12-14 Ruth Fuchs, German DR, javelin thrower (Olympic 2 gold-72, 76)
- 1953-12-29 Kate Schmidt, US javelin thrower (Olympic bronze 1972)
- 1956-03-14 Tessa Sanderson, British javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1984), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1958-03-25 Maria Caridad Colón, Cuba, javelin thrower, (Olympic gold 1980)
- 1959-07-30 Petra Felke, German DR, javelin thrower (world record 1988)
- 1960-06-20 Donna Mayhew, Taylor Penn, javelin thrower
- 1961-04-15 Tiina Lillak, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic silver 1984)
- 1966-06-16 Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics 2 gold-92, 96)
- 1967-10-21 Gavin Brian Lovegrove, javelin (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1968-03-26 Edward Kaminski, American javelin thrower, born in Kansas City, Kansas
- 1968-05-28 Tomas P Pukstys, javelin thrower (Olympic 8th 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1969-01-24 Louise McPaul, Australian javelin thrower (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
- 1970-10-24 Todd Riech, Polson Montana, javelin thrower
- 1971-02-07 Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics 1996)
- 1972-10-04 Joanna Stone, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics 1996)
- 1976-05-10 Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
- 1976-12-21 Mirela Manjani, Greek javelin thrower
- 1977-09-27 Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1982-12-19 Tero Pitkamaki, Finnish javelin thrower
Deaths in Sport
- 1956-09-27 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American all-round athlete (10 LPGA majors, Olympic gold medals 80m hurdles, javelin 1932), dies of colon cancer at 45
- 2017-12-06 Cy Young, American athlete and only US male to win gold in javelin throwing (1952 Olympics), dies of complications from dementia at 89