| Sport | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||
| College team | Newark State College | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on April 10, 2016 | ||||||||||||
Barbara Friedrich Parcinski (born 1949) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was a member of the United States team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and was a gold medalist in the javelin at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Friedrich set the U.S. record at 198 feet 8 inches (60.55 m) as a high school senior with a throw in 1967 that also set the national high school record. Due to safety-related changes made to reduce the distance of javelin throws in high school competition, her record is unlikely to ever be exceeded.