Astrid Kumbernuss (born 5 February1970 in Grevesmühlen) is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ... The discus throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event. ...
Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. In 1997, she was awarded Athlete of the Year. In 1998, she gave birth to her son Philip, and retired from her sports career in 2005. The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10. ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...
After an inconsistent start to her career, AstridKumbernuss matured to be the dominant force in women's shot putting during the late 1990s.
Kumbernuss had only just advanced to senior competition when, aged only 20, she won the shot put at the 1990 European Championships in Split with a throw of 20.38m.
In 1995, Kumbernuss was in a class above the rest of the world's shot putters, winning all 18 of her outdoor competitions, and in seven of them she exceeded the best mark of the year's next ranked woman.
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