Evelin Jahl

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Evelin Jahl

Personal information
Birth name	Evelin Schlaak
Born	(1956-03-28) 28 March 1956 (age 68) Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony, East Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus
Club	ASK Vorwärts Potsdam
Coached by	Lothar Hillebrandt
Achievements and titles
Personal best	71.50 m (1980)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Discus 1980 Moscow Discus IAAF World Cup 1979 Montreal Discus 1981 Rome Discus European Championships 1978 Prague Discus Universiade 1979 Mexico City Discus throw

Evelin Jahl (

In 1976 she won the women's discus throwing event at the

She retired from throwing in 1982 after an injury. She later became GDR chairperson of a commission in the GDR track and field association DVfL.^[1]

After the 1976 Olympics she married shot putter Norbert Jahl und competed under her married name for the rest of her sporting career. Shortly after her retirement, she married the swim trainer Harald Herberg but she soon divorced him.^[3]

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