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 (née Schlaak and later Herberg, born 28 March 1956) is a German former discus thrower, who won two Olympic gold medals representing East Germany.

In 1976 she won the women's discus throwing event at the Montreal Summer Olympics defeating favourite and world record holder Faina Melnik.^[1] In 1978 she set a new world record and also won the European Championships. Two years later Jahl defended the Olympic title in Moscow, again relegating Vergova, also competing under her married name (Petkova), into second place.^[1] From 1980 until 2016 Jahl was the only discus thrower to defend her Olympic title and win two Olympic gold medals.^[2] Her feat was equalled by Sandra Perković of Croatia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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]

• Schlaak-Jahl-Herberg rzutyiskoki.pl (in Polish)