{{Short description|German shot putter (born 1952)}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{FRG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Indoor Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1980 Sindelfingen|Shot put}} {{MedalBronze|1977 San Sebastián|Shot put}} {{MedalBronze|1978 Milan|Shot put}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Eva Wilms''' ({{IPA|de|ˈeːfa ˈvɪlms|-|De-Eva Wilms.ogg}}; born 28 July 1952 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired West German shot putter.
Her personal best throw was 21.43 metres, achieved in June 1977 in Munich. This places her sixth on the German all-time list, behind Ilona Slupianek, Claudia Losch, Marianne Adam, Margitta Droese and Ines Müller.<ref>[http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |date=July 4, 2007 }}</ref>
She competed for the sports clubs ESV Neuaubing and LAC Quelle Fürth during her active career.
In 1977, Wilmes threw the shot put 20.79 meters during a pentathlon event, which is referred to by European Athletics as a heptathlon world best.<ref name="l990">{{cite web | title=Athletics WILMS Eva | website=European Athletics| date=2022-08-21 | url=https://www.ec2022results.com/webrelease/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-naat14358035-wilms-eva.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802183051/https://www.ec2022results.com/webrelease/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-naat14358035-wilms-eva.htm | archive-date=2024-08-02 | url-status=live | access-date=2024-08-02}}</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{FRG}} |- |rowspan=2|1976 |European Indoor Championships |Munich, Germany |align="center" | 7th |<ref>[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1976/f76_08.html 1976 European Indoor Championships - women's shot put final] (Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite)</ref> |- |Olympic Games |Montreal, Canada |align="center" | 7th | |- |1977 |European Indoor Championships |San Sebastián, Spain |bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd |<ref>[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1977/f77_08.html 1977 European Indoor Championships - women's shot put final] (Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite)</ref> |- |rowspan=2|1978 |European Indoor Championships |Milan, Italy |bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd |<ref>[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1978/f78_08.html 1978 European Indoor Championships - women's shot put final] (Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite)</ref> |- |European Championships |Prague, Czechoslovakia |align="center" | 5th | |- |1980 |European Indoor Championships |Sindelfingen, West Germany |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd |<ref>[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1980/f80_08.html 1980 European Indoor Championships - women's shot put final] (Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite)</ref> |}
In fact Eva Wilms is a pentathlete. She set 2 world records in 1977. The following are her lists of performances in different events: *Pentathlon [100mH, SP, HJ, LJ, 200m]: 4932p/1976 [including 20.94m SP and 23.9s 200m] *Pentathlon [100mH, SP, HJ, LJ, 800m]: 4823p, former WR/1977-13.83s-20.95m-1.74m-6.29m-2.19.66s *JV: 48,74m 1 Eva Wilms (20.07.52) 180/76 Sport Union Annen 03.09.73 Witten *SP: 21.43m Eva Wilms FRG 28.07.52 2 Munich *DT:59,42m 1 Eva Wilms (28.7.52) 180/83 LAC Quelle Fürth By 21.06.80 Garmisch-Partenkirchen *LJ:6.29m 5K Eva Wilms (28.7.52) 180/83 LAC Quelle Fürth By 19.06.77 Bernhausen *200M: 23,9s (5K) Eva Wilms (28.7.52) 180/83 ESV Neuaubing By 05/09/76 Hannover *100MH:13,70s 5K Eva Wilms (28.7.52) 180/83 LAC Quelle Fürth By 14.05.77 Göttingen
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