Christine Spielberg
Christine Spielberg is a former East German track and field athlete who competed in the women's discus throw.
She claimed the gold medal at the 1966 European Championships, and set the world record on 26 May 1968, reaching in Regis-Breitingen.
She represented 1968 Summer Olympics and placed seventh in the final. She also placed second to compatriot Karin Illgen at the AAA Championships. She had the second-best throw of her career in the 1970 season, throwing which ranked her fifth in the world that year. In the last major outing, she finished eighth at the 1971 European Athletics Championships. Her season's best of that year made her the seventh best thrower for the season and was the final time she ranked in the top ten globally.
