What is Marlene Ahrens?
[[File:Marlene Ahrens, Estadio, 1954-04-24 (571).jpg|right|200px]] '''Marlene Ahrens Ostertag''' (July 27, 1933 – June 17, 2020) was a [[Chile]]an [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174925/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/marlene-ahrens-1.html Sports Reference: Marlene Ahrens]</ref> She won the silver medal in [[Javelin throw]] at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]] with a distance of 50.38 metres.<ref>[http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20050516/pags/20050516085056.html Marlene Ahrens: Siempre que representé a Chile lancé como dos metros más], Radio Cooperativa, May 16, 2005</ref> She was the mother of the journalist [[Karin Ebensperger]]. She was born in [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]], Chile. Ahrens died on June 17, 2020 in [[Santiago de Chile]] from [[heart failure]], aged 87.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/mas-deportes/2020/06/18/fallecio-marlene-ahrens-historica-figura-del-deporte-chileno-unica-medallista-olimpica.shtml|title=Falleció Marlene Ahrens, histórica figura del deporte chileno y única medallista olímpica}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahrens, Marlene}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Javelin throwers]] [[Category:Chilean athletes]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists]] [[Category:Olympic medalists for Chile]] [[Category:People from Concepción]] {{sports-bio-stub}}