Asdis Hjalmsdottir (Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir)

Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (born 28 October 1985 in Reykjavik) is an Icelandic javelin thrower. She represented her country at the 2008 Olympic Games and has also competed at the 2006 and 2010 European Championships and 2009 World Championships. Her personal best throw is 61,37 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Reykjavík. This is the current Icelandic record. She is coached by Stefán Jóhannsson.


Achievements
2001 / World Youth Championships /Debrecen, Hungary / 36,39 m /14th / javelin throw
2003 / European Junior Championships / Tampere, Finland / 42,23 m /19th / Javelin throw
2004 / World Junior Championships / Grosseto, Italy / 54,05 m 6th / Javelin throw
2005 / European U23 Championships /Erfurt, Germany / 53,78 m / 4th / Javelin throw
2006 / European Championships / Gothenburg, Sweden / 51,33 m / 25th /Javelin throw
2008 / Olympic Games /Beijing, China /48,59 m /50th / Javelin throw
2009 / World Championships / Berlin, Germany /55,86 m / 24th /Javelin throw
2010 / European Championships / Barcelona, Spain / 54,32 m / 10th / Javelin throw



stats
Full name: Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Gender: Female
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Weight: 154 lbs (70 kg)
Born: October 28, 1985 in Reykjavík, Höfuðborgarsvæði, Iceland
Affiliations: Ármann
Country: ISL Iceland
Sport: Athletics

Galina Zybina

Galina Ivanovna Zybina (born January 22, 1931 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower who won three Olympic medals. She trained at VSS Zenit and later at VSS Trud. Her fame rests primarily on eight consecutive world records in the shot put (1952 - 1956).

By 1950, however, she was a major force in track-and-field throwing events, holding Soviet records in the javelin, sport grenade, and shot put. Between 1952 and 1956 she set 14 Soviet shot put records.Zybina won a gold in the shot put.

stats
Full name: Galina Ivanovna Zybina (-Fyodorova)
Gender: Female
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Weight: 176 lbs (80 kg)
Born: January 22, 1931 in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
Country: URS Soviet Union