# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/petra-felke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:08:17.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/petra-felke"
name: "Petra Felke"
slug: "petra-felke"
description: "Petra Meier is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Representing East Germany, she became the Olympic Champion in 1988 and broke the world record four times between 1985 and 1988. She is the only woman to throw a javelin 80 metres or more, with her world record of 80.00 m. This throw was the world record from 1988 until 1999, when a new javelin design was implemented. She also won the javelin title at the 1989 IAAF World Cup and silver medals at the World Championships in 1987 and 1991."
tagline: "German athletics competitor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1988-0625-021%2C_Petra_Felke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1959-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump