Beate Peters

Personal information

Full name

Beate Edeltraud Peters

Nationality

Born

12 October 1959 (age 57)
Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

76 kg (168 lb)

Sport

Country

Sport

Event(s)

Club

TV Wattenscheid

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

69.56 (1986)

Medal record

Beate Edeltraud Peters (born 12 October 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired West German javelin thrower.

Biography

She finished seventh at the 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Summer Olympics. She then won bronze medals at the 1986 European Championships and the 1987 World Championships. She also participated at the 1988 Olympics, but did not reach the final.

She became West German champion in 1985 and 1986.^[1] She represented the clubs OSC Dortmund and TV Wattenscheid.

Her personal best throw was 69.56 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in July 1986 in Berlin. This ranks her tenth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel, Tanja Damaske, Ruth Fuchs, Ingrid Thyssen and Susanne Jung.^[2]

Beate Peters is openly lesbian and lives with retired heptathlete Sabine Braun.^[3]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing West Germany
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	62.42 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	7th	62.34 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	14th	60.20 m

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