Career
Czechoslovakian sports statistician January Popper ranked Otto in the world"s top five in women"s discus throw every year from 1965 to 1968, and ninth in the world in 1969. At the 1966 European Championships in Budapest she placed third behind her teammate Christine Spielberg and West Germany"s Liesel Westermann with a throw of 56.80 m. Otto placed fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, only throwing 54.40 m in rainy conditions and missing out on a medal by half a metre.