The German shot putter won gold in Atlanta in 1996, plus two European titles in the 1990s and went on to compete at the Paralympic Games in London in 2012.
1996 Olympic discus champion and two-time European gold medalist Ilke Viludda died on Sunday (December 1) aged 55.
He represented East Germany when he won his first European title in Split in 1990, but took his second Euro crown for a unified Germany in Helsinki in 1994.
A dominant athlete at the time, her 1990 victory was part of a 41-match winning streak between 1989 and 1991.
In Atlanta in 1996, he also threw for Germany to the Olympic crown with a best mark of 69.96m.
Ilke Wyludda (center) in Atlanta 1996 (Mark Shearman)
He was runner-up at the World Championships in 1991 and 1995. He also finished ninth at the 1992 Olympics and seventh at the 2000 Olympics, in addition to winning the World Cup in 1989 and 1994.
“With Ilke Wildudda, a German athletics figure has unfortunately left us too soon at the age of 55,” said Idriss Gonshinska, president of the German Athletics Federation. against and yet remain committed to his sport for decades.The German Athletics Federation and its regional associations wish him strength To the family and friends of Ilke Viludda in these difficult times.”
Wyludda’s best throw of 74.56m ranks 3rd in the world all-time.A prodigious teenage thrower, he won the world junior titles in 1986 and 1988 and broke the age limit in his junior year. multiple bests with an under-20 run of 74.40m, still a world record for that age group.
Ilke Viludda (Mark Shearman)
He retired after the 2000 Sydney Olympics before returning to Paralympic competition after his right leg was amputated in 2011 due to sepsis.
In doing so, she became the first German to compete in both the Olympics and the Paralympics in London in 2012. She went on to win medals at both the World and European Dance Championships until she finally retired in 2017.
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