Annika Suthe

German javelin thrower Annika Suthe has decided to retire after persistent elbow problems in recent years.

Suthe, now 26, was the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships gold medallist and won a silver medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships the year before. However, she missed both the 2008 and 2009 seasons through injury.

She had a best of 61.38m in 2004, which is still the German junior record. Her last competition was the 2011 German Championships this summer, where she finished ninth.

source: european-athletics.org