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Franka Dietzsch

フランカ・ディーチュ　/　ふらんか・でぃーちゅ

Athletics competitor from Germany

January 22, 1968 (age 58)　・　Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
athletics competitor

My Take

Franka Dietzsch is my favorite kind of champion: the one who keeps coming back. Three world discus titles is remarkable on its own, but it is the shape of her career that gets me. She won in 1998 and 1999, disappeared from the podium for years, then returned to the top in 2005, and capped it all with a third world title in Osaka in 2007 at the age of 39. That is an age when most throwers are long retired. The durability and stubbornness it takes to climb back to the summit again and again is exactly the trait I find most compelling in an athlete.

Overview

Franka Dietzsch (born 22 January 1968) is a German former discus thrower best known for winning gold medals at three World Championships in Athletics. She won the 1998 European Championships and 1999 World Championships, but did not return to the international podium until her win at the 2005 World Championships. At the age of 39 she won her third world championship title in 2007 in Osaka.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Franka Dietzsch
Name (Japanese): フランカ・ディーチュ
Reading: ふらんか・でぃーちゅ
Born: January 22, 1968 (age 58)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Monkey
Origin: Wolgast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: 183 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: athletics competitor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5

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