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Sarah Walter

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Sarah Walter
Personal information
Nationality France
Born5 May 1978 (1978-05-05) (age 46)
Schiltigheim
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
EventJavelin Throw
ClubS.R. Obernai
Coached byJean Ritzenthaler, Gilles Dupray

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

Biography

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

On 12 June 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 27 June 2003, in Strasbourg, she bettered this record to 62.53 m.[1]

Prize list

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National

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Records

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

Notes and references

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  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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