Irina Meszynski is a retired East German discus thrower.

On August 17, 1984 Meszynski set a world record

World records in athletics

World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....

 in women's discus throw at 73.36 meters. Today, this 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

Gabriele Reinsch

Gabriele Reinsch is a German track and field athlete. She represented East Germany in the Olympic games in the discus throw....

, Ilke Wyludda

Ilke Wyludda

Ilke Wyludda is a former discus thrower from Germany.She set eleven junior records at discus throw and even two at shot put, and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins, only to be beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships...

 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

1982 European Championships in Athletics

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 and a fourth place with 65.20 m at the 1986 European Championships in Athletics

1986 European Championships in Athletics

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. She represented the sports team TSC Berlin and became East German champion in 1982.

She weighed 97 kg, and stood 1.76 m tall.