![]() Linda Stahl at the 2007 World Championships | |
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Born | (1985-10-02)2 October 1985 (age 39) Steinheim,West Germany |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Javelin throw |
Linda Stahl (born 2 October 1985) is a retired Germantrack and field athlete who competed in thejavelin throw.
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Shewon gold at the2010 European Athletics Championships inBarcelona,Spain, throwing a then personal best throw of 66.81 metres.
Stahl finished 3rd at the Europeans in 2012 with a result of 63.69 m. She also took the bronze medal at theOlympics in London with a season's best throw of 64.91 m.
In 2013, she was 4th at theWorld Championships in Moscow with a result of 64.78 m.
In 2014, she took the bronze at theEuropeans in Zürich after leading the competition till the 5th round, and also improved her personal best to 67.32 m.
She grew up inBlomberg, and studies Medicine at theUniversity of Cologne. She represented the sports clubTSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, having changed club in 2003 fromLG Lippe-Süd, and trained withSteffi Nerius under coachHelge Zöllkau.
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