Birgit Pohl

Birgit Pohl (22 April 1954 – 21 June 2022) was a German Paralympian athlete competing mainly in throwing events.

Birgit Pohl
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Germany
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Shot Put – F32-33
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Discus Throw – F34
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Shot Put – F32–34/52–53
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Javelin Throw – F33/34/52–53

Career

She competed in her first Paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta, United States, where she won a gold medal in the F32–33 shot put. She returned to the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia where she won a gold in the F33–34 discus throw.

After an unsuccessful 2004 games in Athens, Greece, failing to win a medal in any of her three events, discus, shot or javelin, she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's F32–34/52–53 shot put event and a bronze in the T33/34/52/53 javelin throw.

Pohl announced her retirement from sports in 2012.[1] She died on 21 June 2022 at the age of 68.[2]

References
  1. Rabel, Andreas (18 January 2012). "Paralympicssiegerin Birgit Pohl hört auf". Ostthüringer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. "Paralympic-Sportlerin Birgit Pohl verstorben". Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.


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