Liesel Westermann

German discus thrower

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Liesel Westermann

Liesel Westermann in 1968

Personal information

Born

2 November 1944 (1944-11-02) (age 79)
Sulingen, Germany

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

78 kg (172 lb)

Sport

Athletics

Event

Discus throw

Club

Bayer Leverkusen

Coached by

Gerd Osenberg

Achievements and titles

Personal best

64.96 m (1972)

Medal record

Representing West Germany

Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	Discus
European Championships
	1966 Budapest	Discus
	1971 Helsinki	Discus
Universiade
	1967 Tokyo	Discus

Lieselotte "Liesel" Westermann-Krieg (born Westermann on 2 November 1944; German pronunciation: [ˈliːzl̩ ˈvɛstɐˌman] ^ⓘ) is a retired German discus thrower. She held the world record from 5 November 1967 to 12 August 1971, with a two-months break in 1968. She competed for West Germany at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in second and fifth place, respectively.^[1] She won silver medals at the 1966 and 1971 European championships. For her athletics achievements Westermann was selected as the German Sportspersonality of the year in 1967 and 1969,^[2] and inducted into the Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.^[3]

After retiring from competitions Westermann worked as a teacher of physical education, eventually becoming a consultant for sports and health education with the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony. An avid opponent of doping (she was once described as the last undoped discus world record holder) she was a member of the Anti-Doping Commission of the German Sports Federation and the National Olympic Committee.^[3] Westermann is married and has four children. As a member of the Free Democratic Party she unsuccessfully contested district elections in 1984.^[2]

Publications

Liesel Westermann (1977) Es kann nicht immer Lorbeer sein. Molden, Munich, ISBN 3-217-00846-4.

References

^ Liesel Westermann. sports-reference.com
^ ^a ^b Liesel Westermann. leverkusen.com
^ ^a ^b Liesel Westermann. Germany's Sports Hall of Fame

Records
Preceded by Tamara Press Christine Spielberg	Women's Discus World Record Holder 5 November 1967 – 26 May 1968 24 August 1968 – 12 August 1971	Succeeded by Christine Spielberg Faina Melnik
Awards
Preceded by Helga Hoffmann & Karin Frisch Ingrid Becker	German Sportswoman of the Year 1967 1969	Succeeded by Ingrid Becker Heide Rosendahl