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| Full name | Tanja Damaske | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1971-11-16) 16 November 1971 (age 53) East Berlin, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Javelin throw, shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 66.91 m (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tanja Damaske (born 16 November 1971 in East Berlin) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships. A year earlier she earned a bronze medal at the World Championships. A five-time German Champion in the women's javelin throw, she retired from competition in 2003.
References
- Tanja Damaske at World Athletics
- Profile (in German)
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| Preceded byTrine Hattestad | Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 1998 |
Succeeded byTrine Hattestad |
| European Athletics Championships champions in women's javelin throw | |
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| World U20 Champions in women's javelin throw | |
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Berlin
- German female javelin throwers
- German national athletics champions
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- East German female javelin throwers
- 20th-century German women
- Sportspeople from East Berlin
- German athletics biography stubs