Birth name Evelin Schlaak Personal best(s) 71.50 m (1980) Career start 1969 Weight 90 kg (200 lb) Name Evelin Jahl Career end 1982 | Role Olympic athlete Coached by Lothar Hillebrandt Height 1.83 m Club ASK Vorwarts Potsdam | |
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Gold medals Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Women's Discus Throw | ||
Evelin jahl 69 96m moscow 1980
Evelin Jahl, née Schlaak (born 28 March 1956 in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony, East Germany) is a German former discus thrower, who won two Olympic gold medals representing East Germany. In 1976 she won the women's discus throwing event at the Montreal Summer Olympics defeating favourite and world record holder Faina Melnyk. In 1978 she set a new world record and also won the European Championships.
Two years later Jahl defended the Olympic title in Moscow, again relegating Vergova, also competing under her married name (Petkova), into second place. From 1980 until 2016 Jahl was the only discus thrower to defend her Olympic title and win two Olympic gold medals. Her feat was equaled by Sandra Perković of Croatia on 17 August 2016 at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
She retired from throwing in 1982 after an injury.
She later became GDR chairperson of a commission in the GDR track and field association DVfL.