Sabine Engel

{{Short description|East German discus thrower}}

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Sabine Engel (born 21 April 1954) is a retired East German discus thrower. She was born in Prenzlau, Bezirk Neubrandenburg.

Engel finished fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics,[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/olympics/1976_w.asp 1976 Summer Olympics results, women] - Sporting Heroes third at the 1977 World Cup[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wp.htm IAAF World Cup in Athletics] - GBR Athletics and fourth at the 1978 European Championships.[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/european/1978_w.asp 1978 European Championships results, women] - Sporting Heroes She represented the sports team SC Neubrandenburg and became East German champion in 1975.[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/235.html East German championships - women's discus throw]

Her personal best throw was 68.92 metres, achieved in June 1977 in Karl-Marx-Stadt. This result ranks her tenth among German discus throwers, behind Gabriele Reinsch, Ilke Wyludda, Diana Gansky-Sachse, Irina Meszynski, Gisela Beyer, Martina Hellmann-Opitz, Evelin Jahl, Silvia Madetzky and Franka Dietzsch.[http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |date=2007-07-04 }}