{{Short description|German discus thrower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Marike Steinacker | birth_name = | image = 20150725 1515 DM Leichtathletik Frauen Diskuswurf 9280.jpg | caption = Steinacker in 2015 | nationality = German | sport = Athletics | event = Discus | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|4|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wermelskirchen, Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1347299-steinacker-marike.htm|title=Marike Steinacker|publisher=Tokyo 2020|access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 1 in | weight = 189 lbs | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}} {{Medal|Competition|European Throwing Cup}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Nicosia|Discus Throw}} {{Medal|Competition|Universiade}} {{Medal|Silver|2015 Gwangju|Discus throw}} }}
'''Marike Steinacker''' (born 3 April 1992) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw event at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, placing fourth overall in Paris in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143256 |title=Marike Steinacker |work=Olympedia |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
==Career== She won the silver medal in the discus throw at the 2015 University Games in Gwangju. She is a member of TSV Bayer 04's track and field department in Leverkusen, and threw a new personal best distance of 63.24 metres whilst competing in May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tsvbayer04.de/mein-tsv-verein/vereinsnews/newsleser/marike-steinacker-schleudert-wm-norm/|website=tsvbayer04.de|title= Marike Steinacker schleudert WM-Norm|date=27 May 2019|language=German|accessdate=9 April 2025}}</ref>
Steinacker threw the Olympic qualifying standard in May 2021 at the Halle Throwing Days event, managing a new personal best of 64.03 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://lokalklick.eu/2021/05/17/marike-steinacker-wirft-olympianorm/|website=Lokalklick.eu|language=German|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Marike Steinacker wirft Olympianorm|date=17 May 2021}}</ref> She subsequently competed in the women's discus throw event at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in August 2021, playing eighth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-discus-throw-qual-b00100-.htm |title=Athletics - Qualification - Group B Results |work=Tokyo 2020 |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
She would go on to throw a new personal best of 64.55m in 2022. She threw the new Olympic standard in May 2024, whilst competing in Wiesbaden, where she managed a distance of 67.31 metres. This distance was also a TSV Bayer 04 club distance, the previous of which had been held since 1972 by Liesel Westermann, with 64.96m. She went into the summer months ranked as the number one in Europe and fourth in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tsvbayer04.de/mein-tsv-verein/vereinsnews/newsleser/marike-steinacker-wirft-olympia-norm-5763/|website=tsvbayer04.de|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Marike Steinacker throws Olympic standard|date=16 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.leichtathletik.de/aktuelles/news/news-detail/79413-wer-ist-ihr-ass-des-monats-mai|website= leichtathletik.de|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Who is your "Ace of the Month" for May?|date=1 June 2024}}</ref> She had a disappointing twelfth place finish at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024. Later that month she finished runner-up at the German Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, where she qualified for the final before throwing 65.37 metres to place fourth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tsvbayer04.de/mein-tsv-verein/vereinsnews/newsleser/marike-steinacker-wird-olympia-vierte-5980/|website=tsvbayer04.de|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Marike Steinacker finishes fourth at the Olympics|date=6 August 2024}}</ref>
She finished in place third at the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus with a throw of 61.57 metres, in March 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/kamga-sets-world-discus-lead-of-63-25m-at-european-throwing-cup|website=European Athletics|accessdate=9 April 2025|title= Kamga sets world discus lead of 63.25m at European Throwing Cup|date=16 March 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{European Athletics|14373479}} * {{DLV|Marike-Steinacker}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230729181354/https://www.leichtathletik.de/nationalmannschaft/athletenportraet/detail/marike-steinacker archive]) * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats|3000022071}} * {{Team Deutschland}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinacker, Marike}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:People from Wermelskirchen Category:German women discus throwers Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Germany Category:Athletes from Cologne (region) Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century German sportswomen Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany