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Place of Birth: Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Karen Forkel
- Karen Forkel (born September 24, 1970 in Wolfen) is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner.
- In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers.
- Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters.Her personal best throw with the new-type-javelin was 65.17 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt.
- This ranks her fifth among German javelin throwers, behind Christina Obergföll, Steffi Nerius, Tanja Damaske and Linda Stahl.
- With the old javelin type she threw 70.20 metres in May 1991 in Halle.
- This ranks her fifth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk and Beate Koch.Forkel represented SC Chemie Halle, which after the German reunification was renamed SV Halle.
- During her career she was 1.72 meters tall and weighed 63 kilograms.
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