Christa Wiese

Christa Wiese

Born
Dec 25, 1967 (58 years old)
Birthplace
Templin, Germany
Events
Shot Put

Christa Wiese (born 25 December 1967) is a German former track and field athlete who competed for East Germany in the shot put. She was a world indoor medalist and had a best of 20.50 m (67 ft 3 in). Born in Templin, Bezirk Neubrandenburg, she became a member of the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. She had the peak of her career in 1989 at the age of twenty-two.

At the East German Indoor Athletics Championships she finished runner-up to Heike Hartwig by a margin of one centimetre. Her throw of 20.50 m (67 ft 3 in) was a lifetime best and ranked her second in world indoors that year. This performance gained her selection for the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In the final of the event in Budapest she had a throw of 19.75 m (64 ft 9+1⁄2 in) in the final, which brought her the bronze medal behind West Germany's Claudia Losch and Huang Zhihong of China.

This was her first and only major senior medal. In the outdoor 1989 season she cleared twenty metres exactly at a meet in Schwerin – a mark which placed her in the top ten outdoors that year. Although she did not appear in major international competition in 1990 she ranked eleventh globally with a season's best of 19.97 m (65 ft 6 in), such was the East German women's strength in depth in shot put. She placed third nationally in the shot put both indoors and outdoors that year, which was her last at a high level.

Personal best · Shot Put20.50
1990 season best19.97Jul 3, 1990 · Potsdam

As of Nov 7, 2026: Shot Put 20.50 (#52 all-time), 1990 season best 19.97 (Jul 3, 1990, Potsdam (GDR)) · 58 years old

DisciplineResultAll-time
SPIndoorSenftenberg 198920.501,239 pts–

Progression

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SeasonDisciplineResultWindDateCompetitions
1990SP 19.97–Jul 3, 1990Potsdam (GDR)
1989SP Indoor20.50–Feb 12, 1989Senftenberg (GER) (i)
1989SP 20.50–Feb 12, 1989–
1988SP 19.19–Jun 12, 1988Karl Marx Stadt (GDR)
1987SP 18.72–Jul 8, 1987Berlin (GER)
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FAQ

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Christa Wiese's Shot Put personal best is 20.50, set on Feb 12, 1989, #52 on the all-time list.

Christa Wiese competes in the Shot Put.

1990 season best: 19.97, set on Jul 3, 1990 in Potsdam (GDR).