Marlene Ahrens
Appearance
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Marlene Ahrens Ostertag (July 27, 1933 – June 17, 2020) was a Chilean athlete.[1] She won the silver medal in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a distance of 50.38 metres.[2] She was the mother of the journalist Karin Ebensperger. She was born in Concepción, Chile.
Ahrens died on June 17, 2020 in Santiago de Chile from heart failure, aged 87.[3]