Karen Forkel (born 24 September 1970 in Wolfen) is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers. Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters.
Her personal best throw with the new-type-javelin was 65.17 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt. This ranks her fifth among German javelin throwers, behind Christina Obergföll, Steffi Nerius, Tanja Damaske and Linda Stahl. With the old javelin type she threw 70.20 metres in May 1991 in Halle. This ranks her fifth among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk and Beate Koch.
Forkel represented SC Chemie Halle, which after the German reunification was renamed SV Halle. During her career she was 1.72 meters tall and weighed 63 kilograms.
International competitions Representing 1987European Junior Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd57.00 m1988World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 1st61.44 m1989European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 1st70.12 m1990European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 2nd67.56 mRepresenting 1991World Championships Tokyo, Japan12th57.90 m1992Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 3rd66.86 m1993World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 2nd65.80 m1994European Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd66.10 m1995World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden6th64.18 m1996Olympic Games Atlanta, United States6th64.18 m1997World Championships Athens, Greece14th60.70 m1999World Championships Seville, Spain12th54.65 m
1993 European Cup (athletics) final: 2nd place (61.92) 1994 IAAF World Cup final: 3rd place (61.26); 1994 European cup final: 2nd place (65.58) 2000 European Cup (athletics) Final: 6th place (52.89)
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