Eva Janko
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| Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | January 24, 1945 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | javelin | ||||||||||||||
| Club | LAC Südstadt ULC Wildschek | ||||||||||||||
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Eva Janko (née Egger; born 24 January 1945) is a former javelin thrower from Austria.
Biography
[edit]Janko won the bronze medal in javelin throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico.[1]
Her personal best throw of 61,80 metres, achieved in July 1973 in Innsbruck, is still the Austrian record.[2]
Janko won the British WAAA Championships title in the javelin throw event at the 1974 WAAA Championships.[3][4][5]
Personal life
[edit]She is the mother of the Austria national football team player Marc Janko.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ↑ Austrian national records, outdoor Archived February 22, 2001, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Midland Girl Shocks Champion". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 July 1974. Retrieved 7 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Eva Janko-Egger at Olympics.com
- Eva Janko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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