Ilke Wyludda

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Ilke Wyludda

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0913-042, Ilke Wyludda.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Wyludda in 1988

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1969|03|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leipzig, East Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|1|1969|3|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|95|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = Discus throw

| club = SC Chemie Halle
LAC Chemnitz

| country = {{GDR}} (1984–1990)
{{flagu|Germany}} (1991–2000)

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| show-medals = yes

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| pb = 74.56 (1989)

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Ilke Wyludda (28 March 1969 – 1 December 2024) was a German discus thrower, former Olympic champion.

Career

Wyludda set eleven junior records at discus throw (and also two at shot put), and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins until beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships. Wyludda never won the world championships, but she became Olympic champion in 1996.{{cite web | title=Ilke Wyludda (55): Trauer um deutsche Diskus-Olympiasiegerin | website=Die Welt | date=2 December 2024 | url=https://www.welt.de/sport/leichtathletik/article254743648/Ilke-Wyludda-55-Trauer-um-deutsche-Diskus-Olympiasiegerin.html | language=de | access-date=2 December 2024}}

In early January 2011 Wyludda revealed in Bild that she had to have her right leg amputated because of sepsis.{{cite web | title=Atlanta discus queen Wyludda loses leg | website=Times of Malta | date=9 January 2011 | url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/atlanta-discus-queen-wyludda-loses-leg.344584 | access-date=2 December 2024}} After losing her leg she returned to athletics and began entering para-sport competitions. In 2012, she represented Germany at the London Paralympics becoming the first German athlete to have represented her country at both Olympic and Paralympic Games.{{cite web|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1064792&refreshauto=1|title=Wyludda, Ilke|access-date=28 August 2014|publisher=IPC|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903094734/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1064792&refreshauto=1|url-status=dead}} In 2014, she entered the IPC European Championships in Swansea, taking the bronze medal in the F57 discus and silver in the shot put.{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/swansea-2014/resipc/pdf/ec2014/at/ec2014_at_c73s_atw657101.pdf |title=Women's Javelin Throw – F57 Final |publisher=IPC |access-date=21 August 2014 |date=21 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903113312/http://85.17.198.3/static/info/swansea-2014/resipc/pdf/ec2014/at/ec2014_at_c73s_atw657101.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://85.17.198.3/static/info/swansea-2014/eng/at/atr173a_ec2014atw361101eng.htm |title=Women's Shot Put – F57 Final |format=pdf |publisher=IPC |access-date=15 March 2015 |date=22 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103940/http://85.17.198.3/static/info/swansea-2014/eng/at/atr173a_ec2014atw361101eng.htm |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}

Ilke Wyludda died in Halle on 1 December 2024, at the age of 55.{{cite web | title=Olympiasiegerin Ilke Wyludda gestorben | website=FAZ.NET | date=2 December 2024 | url=https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/olympiasiegerin-ilke-wyludda-gestorben-110148997.html | language=de | access-date=2 December 2024}}{{cite web | title=Diskus-Olympiasiegerin Ilka Wyludda gestorben | website=ZDFheute | date=2 December 2024 | url=https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/sport/leichtathletik-olympiasiegerin-ilke-wyludda-gestorben-100.html | language=de | access-date=2 December 2024}}

Personal bests

Discus throw – 74.56 (1989)
Discus throw U23 – 74.56 (1989) WU23B
Discus throw Junior – 74.40 (1988) WJB
Discus throw Youth – 65.86 (1986) WYB
Shot put – 20.23 (1988)
Shot put U23 – 20.23 (1988)
Shot put Junior – 20.23 (1988)
Shot put Youth – 19.08 (1986) WYB

International competitions

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{GDR}}
1986 \|World Junior Championships \|Athens, Greece \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|Discus \|64.02 m
1987 \|World Championships \|Rome, Italy \|4th \|Discus \|68.20 m
1988 \|World Junior Championships \|Sudbury, Ontario, Canada \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|Discus \|68.24 m
1989 \|IAAF World Cup \|Barcelona, Spain \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Discus \|71.54 m
rowspan=2\|1990 \|Goodwill Games \|Seattle, United States \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Discus \|68.08 m
European Championships \|Split, Yugoslavia \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Discus \|68.46 m
colspan="6"\|Representing {{flagu\|Germany}}
1991 \|World Championships \|Tokyo, Japan \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Discus \|69.12 m
1992 \|Olympic Games \|Barcelona, Spain \|9th \|Discus \|62.16 m
rowspan=2\|1994 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Discus \|68.72 m
IAAF World Cup \|London, United Kingdom \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Discus \|65.30 m
1995 \|World Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Discus \|67.20 m
rowspan=2\|1996 \|Olympic Games \|Atlanta, United States \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Discus \|69.66 m
IAAF Grand Prix Final \|Milan, Italy \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Discus \|64.74 m
2000 \|Olympic Games \|Sydney, Australia \|7th \|Discus \|63.16 m

colspan="6"|Representing {{GDR}}

1986

|World Junior Championships

|Athens, Greece

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Discus

|64.02 m

1987

|World Championships

|Rome, Italy

|4th

|Discus

|68.20 m

1988

|World Junior Championships

|Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Discus

|68.24 m

1989

|IAAF World Cup

|Barcelona, Spain

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Discus

|71.54 m

rowspan=2|1990

|Goodwill Games

|Seattle, United States

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Discus

|68.08 m

European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Discus

|68.46 m

colspan="6"|Representing {{flagu|Germany}}

1991

|World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Discus

|69.12 m

1992

|Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|9th

|Discus

|62.16 m

rowspan=2|1994

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Discus

|68.72 m

IAAF World Cup

|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Discus

|65.30 m

1995

|World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Discus

|67.20 m

rowspan=2|1996

|Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Discus

|69.66 m

IAAF Grand Prix Final

|Milan, Italy

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Discus

|64.74 m

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|7th

|Discus

|63.16 m

References

External links

{{IMDb name|11946556}}
{{World Athletics}}
{{IPC athlete|ilke-wyludda|old_id=1064792}}
[http://wulkana.republika.pl/wyludda.dy.htm Wyniki Wyludda na stronie rzutyiskoki] {{in lang|pl}}

{{succession box|before=Gabriele Reinsch|before2=Larisa Korotkevich|before3=Mette Bergmann

|title=Women's Discus Best Year Performance|years=1989–1990
1994
1996

|after=Tsvetanka Khristova|after2=Mette Bergmann|after3=Xiao Yanling}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Discus Throw Women}}{{Footer World Junior Champions women's discus throw}}{{Footer European Champions Discus Throw Women}}

Category:1969 births

Category:2024 deaths

Category:Athletes from Leipzig

Category:East German female discus throwers

Category:East German female shot putters

Category:German female discus throwers

Category:German female shot putters

Category:German amputees