Personal information | ||||||||||
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Birth name | Marion Steiner | |||||||||
Nationality | West Germany | |||||||||
Born |
January 21, 1950 (age 67) Hamburg, West Germany |
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Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
Event(s) | Javelin throw | |||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 65.14 m (1976) | |||||||||
Medal record
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Marion Becker (born Marion Steiner January 21, 1950 in Hamburg) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.
Becker competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw, where she won the silver medal with a throw of 220.5 ft (67.2 m), breaking the previous Olympic Record of 209.7 ft (63.9 m) set at the Munich Olympics in 1972 by Ruth Fuchs.