Beate Edeltraud Peters (born 12 October 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired West German javelin thrower. Biography She finished seventh at the 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Summer Olympics. She then won bronze medals at the 1986 European Championships and the 1987 World Championships. She also participated at the 1988 Olympics, but did not reach the final. She became West German champion in 1985 and 1986. She represented the clubs OSC Dortmund and TV Wattenscheid. Her personal best throw was 69.56 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in July 1986 in Berlin. This ranks her tenth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel, Tanja Damaske, Ruth Fuchs, Ingrid Thyssen and Susanne Jung. Private life Beate Peters is openly lesbian and lives with retired heptathlete Sabine Braun. Achievements References Footnotes 1959 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics West German female javelin throwers Lesbian sportswomen LGBT track and field athletes German LGBT sportspeople Olympic athletes of West Germany People from Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia Sportspeople from Münster (region) World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 21st-century LGBT people