Irina Meszynski

Irina Meszynski is a retired East German discus thrower.
On 17 August 1984 Meszynski set a world record in Women's [discus throw world record progression|women's discus throw] at 1984 [Summer Olympics boycott|boycott inspired] Friendship Games of 73.36 meters. Her record lasted barely a week before it was bested by Zdeňka Šilhavá with a mark that puts Šilhavá as equal to the number 2 thrower in history. Today, Meszynski's result is enough to occupy the sixth place on the world all-time list and a fourth place on the German all-time list behind Gabriele Reinsch, Ilke Wyludda and Diana Gansky-Sachse.
Her career highlights include a gold medal with 60.30 m at the 1979 European Junior Championships, an eighth place with 63.78 m at the 1982 [European Championships in Athletics] and a fourth place with 65.20 m at the 1986 European [Championships in Athletics]. She represented the sports team TSC Berlin and became East German champion in 1982.
She weighed 97 kg, and stood 1.76 m tall.