Marion Becker
{{Short description|German javelin thrower (born 1950)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Marion Becker
| birth_name = Marion Steiner
| nationality = {{FRG}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|21 January 1950}}
| birth_place = Hamburg, West Germany
| death_date =
| death_place =
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| height = {{convert|1.67|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = Javelin throw
| pb = 65.14 m (1976)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country|{{FRG}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's Track and field}}
{{MedalSilver| 1976 Montreal |Javelin}}
}}
Marion Becker ({{née}} Steiner, 21 January 1950) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.
Biography
She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics, representing Romania.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/marion-becker-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/marion-becker-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Marion Becker Olympic Results |accessdate=18 January 2018}}
Becker competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the javelin throw, where she won the silver medal with a throw of {{convert|220.5|ft|m|abbr=on}},{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/womens-javelin-throw.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174930/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/womens-javelin-throw.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw |accessdate=18 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}} breaking the previous Olympic Record of {{convert|209.7|ft|m|abbr=on}} set at the Munich Olympics in 1972 by Ruth Fuchs.
{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9OkTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yPoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6923,5971509&dq=marion-becker|title=Glamour Events Begin at Olympics|date=22 July 1976|accessdate=2009-08-07}}
{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uM4RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ne0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5268,2942841&dq=marion-becker|title=Four Gym golds for Soviet|date=24 July 1976|accessdate=2009-08-07}}
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Category:Romanian female javelin throwers
Category:West German female javelin throwers
Category:Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Romania
Category:Olympic athletes for West Germany
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes from Hamburg
Category:West German Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century Romanian sportswomen
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