Gabriele Reinsch

Gabriele Reinsch holds one of the most astonishing records in all of athletics, and it fascinates me. On 9 July 1988 she hurled the discus 76.80 metres, smashing the world record by well over two metres, and that mark still stands today, decades on. Representing East Germany at the Seoul Olympics that same year, she belongs to a complicated era of the sport, but the sheer distance remains jaw-dropping. I find it remarkable that a single throw on a single day in Neubrandenburg has gone unbeaten for so long. Records that durable tell you something extraordinary happened, whatever the context around it.

Gabriele Reinsch (born 23 September 1963 in Cottbus) is a German track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1988 Olympic Games in discus throw. On 9 July 1988 at the East Germany–Italy tournament in Neubrandenburg, she set a new world record with a throw of 76.80 metres (252.0 ft), 2.24 metres (7 ft 4 in) further than the previous record, set by the Czechoslovak Zdeňka Šilhavá.

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Name (English)

Gabriele Reinsch

Name (Japanese)

ガブリエレ・ラインシュ

Reading

がぶりえれ・らいんしゅ

Born

September 23, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

Origin

Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

Blood type

Private

Height

188 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

athletics competitor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5

Tags

• Brandenburg
• athletics competitor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.