Throwing Combinations: Women's Shot Put and Discus

This is a follow up from Yesterday’s article – Throwing Combinations: Men’s Shot Put and Discus.

It is interesting to note the top combinations of throwing distances for Shot Put + Discus.

Below is a summary of some multi-talented throwers for shot put and discus.

Throwers are only listed if they have a throw above 80% of the world record in the respective event and likewise they are ranked based upon their lowest % of world record.

Do you notice any big names on this table?

In addition With the exception of Becky Breisch (2007) and Yu Xin (2000) the majority of the results occurred during the 1980’s and 1990’s.

Rank	Name	Country	Shot Put (m)	% Of World Record	Discus (m)	% Of World Record
1	Zdenka Silhava	Cze	21.05	93	74.56	97.1
2	Svetla Sinirtas	Bul	20.91	92.4	69.72	90.8
3	llke Wyludda	Ger	20.23	89.4	74.4	96.9
4	Margita Pufe	EG	21.58	95.4	68.64	89.4
5	Faina Veleva	SU	20.02	88.5	70.5	91.8
6	Simona Andrusca	Rom	19.67	86.9	67.16	87.4
7	Astrid Kumbernuss	Ger	21.22	93.8	66.6	86.7
8	Ines Muller	EG	21.57	95.3	66.4	86.5
9	Svetlana Orlova	SU	20.21	89.3	66.06	86
10	Grit Haupt	EG	20.72	91.6	65.96	85.9
11	Brigitte Michel	EG	19.41	85.8	67.4	87.8
12	Natalya Gorbachova	SU	19.32	85.4	67.32	87.7
13	Nina Samsonova	SU	19.91	88	64.9	84.5
14	Yu Xin	Chn	19.32	85.4	64.9	84.5
15	Connie Price-Smitch	US	19.6	86.6	64.82	84.4
16	Venissa Head	UK	19.06i	84.7	64.68	84.2
17	Natalya Akhrimenko	SU	21.73	96	64.6	84.1
18	Radostina Vasekova	Bul	19.21	84.9	64.58	84.1
19	Tatyana Byelova	SU	19.02	84	67.82	88.3
20	Mariana Lengyel	Rom	19	84	69.06	89.9
21	Meg Ritchie	UK	18.99	83.9	67.48	87.9
22	llona Slupianek	EG	22.45	99.2	64.4	83.9
23	Corrie deBruin	Ned	18.87	83.4	63.88	83.2
24	Qui Qiaoping	Chn	18.76	82.9	66.6	86.7
25	Skaidrite Baikova	SU	18.75	82.9	64.92	84.5
26	Natalya Lisovskaya	SU	22.63	100	63.44	82.6
27	Claudia Losch	EG	22.19	98.1	63.12	82.2
28	Heike Hartwig	EG	21.31	94.2	63.12	82.2
29	Gael Martin	Aus	19.74	87.2	63	82
30	Simone Rudrich	EG	19.83	87.6	62.96	82
31	Becky Breisch	US	18.46	81.6	67.37	87.7
32	Ramona Pagel	US	20.18	89.2	61.92	80.6