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{{short description|German hammer thrower}}

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| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany| death_date = | death_place = WEBSITE=LONDON2012.COM LONDON ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES >ACCESS-DATE=14 AUGUST 2012 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120827200347/HTTP://WWW.LONDON2012.COM/ATHLETE/HEIDLER-BETTY-1119538/, 27 August 2012, | weight = 83 kg| country = {{GER}}Athletics (sport)>Athletics| event = Hammer throw| club = LG Eintracht Frankfurt| turnedpro = 2004| coach = Bernd Madler '''2007 World Championships in Athletics''': 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>Hammer throw – Gold2009 World Championships in Athletics>2009 Berlin: 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw – Silver> '''2011 World Championships in Athletics''': 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>Hammer throw – Silver}} '''2010 European Athletics Championships''': 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw>Hammer throw – Gold}}| nationals = '''Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics''': Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw>Hammer throw – Silver}}| highestranking = Hammer throw: 79.42 (2011, WR) }}| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}{{MedalCountry|{{flag|Germany}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}{{MedalSilver|2012 London|Hammer throw}}{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}{{MedalGold|2007 Osaka|Hammer throw}}{{MedalSilver|2009 Berlin|Hammer throw}}{{MedalSilver|2011 Daegu|Hammer throw}}{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}{{MedalGold|2010 Barcelona|Hammer throw}}{{MedalSilver|2016 Amsterdam|Hammer throw}}{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}{{MedalGold|2009 Belgrade|Hammer throw}}| show-medals = yes| updated = 13 August 2012}}Betty Heidler (born 14 October 1983) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw. She held the world record from 2011 until 2014 with her personal best throw of 79.42 m (260 ft 6 in). She is the 2012 Olympic silver medallist, the 2007 World champion and the 2009 and 2011 World Championship silver medallist. She also finished fourth in the Olympic finals in 2004 and 2016.

Career

She now lives in Frankfurt and is a member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletics team. She works for the German Federal Police where she is a member of the sports support group and started studying Bachelor of Laws at the Fernuniversität Hagen in 2007.She put in a dominant performance at the 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing with a winning mark of 72.48 m, beating her nearest rival by more than three metres.Mikhnevich and Müller put on a show at the European Cup Winter Throwing{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. European Athletics (20 March 2010). Retrieved 23 March 2010.Heidler won the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge in 2010, finishing at the top of the rankings ahead of Anita Wlodarczyk.NEWS, Sampaolo, Diego, 29 August 2010, 8 May 2016,weblink Rudisha lowers 800m World record again, 1:41.01; Carter dashes 9.78sec in Rieti – IAAF World Challenge, International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships then went on to take the silver medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. In May 2011, in Halle, she achieved a new world record in hammer throw, with a result of 79.42 m.WEB,weblink Das Leichtathletik-Portal - Start, She began the 2012 season with a series of wins, performing at the Colorful Daegu Meeting, Golden Spike Ostrava, and Prefontaine Classic.NEWS, Gains, Paul, 2 June 2012,weblink Dibaba 30:24.39 and Kiprop 27:01.98 on stunning but wet first night in Eugene – Samsung Diamond League, IAAF, 8 May 2016, Heidler won a medal at the 2012 London Olympics. The event was not without controversy as the referees first failed to correctly measure Heidler's bronze-winning throw.NEWS, London 2012 - Event Report - Women's Hammer Throw Final,weblink IAAF, 10 August 2012, 8 May 2016, She was then later promoted to the silver medal position, after Tatyana Lysenko was disqualified for a doping violation in 2016.

Achievements{| {{AchievementTable}}

! colspan="6" | Representing {{flag|Germany}}|20002000 World Junior Championships in Athletics>World Junior Championships|Santiago, Chile|19th (q)2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>52.18 m|20022002 World Junior Championships in Athletics>World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica>Kingston, Jamaica|17th (q)2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>53.82 m20032003 European Athletics U23 Championships>European U23 Championships|Bydgoszcz, Poland|4th2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw>66.49 m2003 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships |Paris, France|11th2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>65.81 m2004Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics>Olympic Games |Athens, Greece|4thAthletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw>72.73 m2004 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final |Szombathely, Hungary|6th|69.65 m20052005 European Athletics U23 Championships>European U23 Championships |Erfurt, Germany2nd2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw>69.64 m2005 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships |Helsinki, Finland|29th (q)2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>61.91 m2005 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final |Szombathely, Hungary|6th|69.95 m20062006 European Athletics Championships>European Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden|5th2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw>70.89 m2006 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final |Stuttgart, Germany1st|75.44 m (CR)|20072007 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships |Osaka, Japan1st2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>74.76 m2008Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics>Olympic Games |Beijing, China|9thAthletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw>70.06 m2008 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final |Stuttgart, Germany|5th|69.72 m2009Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade>Universiade |Belgrade, Serbia1stAthletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's hammer throw>75.83 m (GR)2009 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships |Berlin, Germany2nd2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>77.12 m (NR)2009 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final |Thessaloniki, Greece1st|72.03 m20102010 European Cup Winter Throwing>European Cup Winter Throwing |Arles, France1st|72.48 m2010 European Athletics Championships>European Championships |Barcelona, Spain1st2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw>76.38 m|20112011 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships |Daegu, South Korea2nd2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>76.06 m20122012 European Athletics Championships>European Championships |Helsinki, Finland|17th (q)2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw>65.06 mAthletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics>Olympic Games |London, Great Britain2ndAthletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw>77.13 m|20132013 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Moscow, Russia|18th (q)2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>68.83 m|20142014 European Athletics Championships>European Championships|Zürich, Switzerland|5th2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw>72.39 m|20152015 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Beijing, China|7th2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw>72.56 m20162016 European Athletics Championships>European Championships|Amsterdam, Netherlands2nd2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw>75.77 mAthletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics>Olympic Games|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil|4thAthletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw>73.71 m

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External links

{{Commons category|Betty Heidler}}

• {{World Athletics|14277951}}
• {{European Athletics|14277951|old_id= h/athlete=133702-heidler-betty |archive= 20200808034834 }}
• {{Olympics.com|betty-heidler|oc_archive=20210413192305|org_archive=20210426151908}}
• {{DOSB profile|betty-heidler}}
• {{Olympedia|105346}}
• {{SR/Olympics|he/betty-heidler-1|archive=20161203074230}}

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