Sarah Walter

Sarah Walter
Personal information
Nationality  France
Born 5 May 1978 (1978-05-05)
Schiltigheim
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Event(s) Javelin Throw
Club S.R. Obernai
Coached by Jean Ritzenthaler, Gilles Dupray

Sarah Walter (born May 5 1978 at Schiltigheim) is a French athlete, who specialises in the Javelin. She has held, since 2003, the French javelin record with a throw of 62.53 m.

Biography

Second in the 1997 Junior European Championships, she won four French national javelin titles in 1997, 2002, 2003 and 2005.

On June 12, 2002, in Bordeaux, she set a new France Javelin record of 62.48 m, improving by 32 cm the former best national mark held since 2000 by Nadine Auzeil. On June 27, 2003, in Strasbourg, she bettered this record to 62.53 m.[1]

Prize list

National

Records

personal records
Event Performance Location Date
Javelin 62.53 m Strasbourg 27 June 2003

Notes and references

  1. FFA (26 June 2003). "Record de France du lancer de javelot pour Sarah Walter avec 62m53". athle.fr. Retrieved 29 November 2014.


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