| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Beate Edeltraud Peters | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1959 (1959-10-12) (age 66) Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TV Wattenscheid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personalbest | 69.56 (1986) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Beate Edeltraud Peters (born 12 October 1959) is a retiredWest Germanjavelin thrower.
She finished seventh at the1983 World Championships and the1984 Summer Olympics. She then won bronze medals at the1986 European Championships and the1987 World Championships. She also participated at the 1988 Olympics, but did not reach the final.
She became West German champion in 1985 and 1986.[1] She represented the clubs OSC Dortmund andTV Wattenscheid.
Her personal best throw was 69.56 metres with theold javelin type, achieved in July 1986 inBerlin. This ranks her tenth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behindPetra Felke (who held theworld record),Antje Kempe,Silke Renk,Beate Koch,Karen Forkel,Tanja Damaske,Ruth Fuchs,Ingrid Thyssen andSusanne Jung.[2]
Beate Peters isopenlylesbian and lives with retiredheptathleteSabine Braun.[3]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing West Germany | ||||
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 62.42 m |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 7th | 62.34 m |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 14th | 60.20 m |
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