 Heidler at the2007 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | German |
| Born | (1983-10-14)October 14, 1983 (age 42) |
| Education | Bachelor of Laws |
| Alma mater | University of Hagen |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
| Club | LG Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Coached by | Bernd Madler |
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| Olympic finals |
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| World finals |
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| Regional finals |
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| Updated on 13 August 2012 | |
Betty Heidler (born 14 October 1983) is a retired Germantrack and field athlete who competed in thehammer throw. She held theworld record from 2011 until 2014 with her personal best throw of 79.42m (260 ft 6 in). She is the2012 Olympic silver medallist, the2007 World champion and the 2009 and 2011World Championship silver medallist. She also finished fourth in the Olympic finals in 2004 and 2016.
Heidler now lives in Frankfurt and is a member of theEintracht Frankfurt athletics team. She works for theGerman Federal Police where she is a member of the sports support group and started studyingBachelor of Laws at theFernuniversität Hagen in 2007.
She put in a dominant performance at the2010 European Cup Winter Throwing with a winning mark of 72.48 m, beating her nearest rival by more than three metres.[2]
Heidler won the inauguralIAAF Hammer Throw Challenge in 2010, finishing at the top of the rankings ahead ofAnita Wlodarczyk.[3] She won the gold medal at the2010 European Athletics Championships then went on to take the silver medal at the2011 World Championships in Athletics. In May 2011, in Halle, she achieved a new world record hammer throw, of 79.42 m.[4] She began the 2012 season with a series of wins, performing at theColorful Daegu Meeting,Golden Spike Ostrava, andPrefontaine Classic.[5]
Heidler won a medal at the2012 London Olympics. The event was not without controversy as the referees first failed to correctly measure Heidler's bronze-winning throw.[6] She was later promoted to the silver medal position, afterTatyana Lysenko was disqualified for a doping violation in 2016 in reanalysis of her stored doping samples.[7]
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| Preceded by | Women's Hammer World Record Holder 21 May 2011 – August 31, 2014 | Succeeded by Anita Włodarczyk |
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European Athletics Championships champions in women'shammer throw | |
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