Kathrin Neimke

Kathrin Neimke (18 July 1966 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany. She won two Olympic medals, the first a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and the second a bronze at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Kathrin Neimke

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1966-07-18) 18 July 1966 Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany
Height	5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Country	East Germany (1987–1990)  Germany (1991–1996)
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put
Club	SC Magdeburg
Coached by	Klaus Schneider
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	21.21 m (1987)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Shot put World Championships 1987 Rome Shot put European Championships 1990 Split Shot put European Indoor Championships 1988 Budapest Shot put Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Shot put World Championships 1993 Stuttgart Shot put World Indoor Championships 1995 Barcelona Shot put

Neimke represented SC Magdeburg and trained with Klaus Schneider. She is 1.80 meters tall and during her active career she weighed 95 kilograms. She has a degree in sales and at the end of her sporting career she had a job as reproduction photographer at a daily newspaper. After that she went to the Saxony-Anhalt police.