Irina Meszynski
Discus throw, Athlete
1962 –
Who is Irina Meszynski?
Irina Meszynski is a retired East German discus thrower.
On 17 August 1984 Meszynski set a world record in women's discus throw at 73.36 meters. Today, this result is enough to occupy the sixth place on the world all-time list and a fourth place on the German all-time list behind Gabriele Reinsch, Ilke Wyludda and Diana Gansky-Sachse.
Her career highlights include a gold medal with 60.30 m at the 1979 European Junior Championships, an eighth place with 63.78 m at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics and a fourth place with 65.20 m at the 1986 European Championships in Athletics. She represented the sports team TSC Berlin and became East German champion in 1982.
She weighed 97 kg, and stood 1.76 m tall.
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