Anneliese Gerhards

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| name = Anneliese Gerhards

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| nationality = German

| sport = Athletics

| event = Javelin throw

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|7|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Oedt, Grefrath, Germany

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| club = Bayer 04 Leverkusen

| height =174 cm

| weight = 72 kg

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Anneliese Gerhards (born 4 July 1935) is a German retired athlete who competed in the javelin throw at three Olympic Games.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/anneliese-gerhards-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220818/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/anneliese-gerhards-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Anneliese Gerhards Olympic Results |accessdate=17 January 2018}}

Biography

At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Gerhards finished 11th in the javelin throw event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69990 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=27 February 2025}}

Gerhards won the British WAAA Championships title at the 1963 WAAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19630707/286/0030 |title=Dorothy's Dinner Double |work=Sunday Mirror |date=7 July 1963 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 February 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=27 February 2025}} and the 1964 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19640705/703/0029 |title=Little Daphne Zips to Records |work=Sunday Express |date=5 July 1964 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 February 2025 }} {{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 February 2025 }}

Shortly afterwards at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Gerhards competed in the Athletics at the women's javelin again and finished 8th.

Gerhards went to her third Olympic Games in 1972, finishing 9th in the javelin event.