East German athlete
Hartmut Briesenick (1968) | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Hartmut Briesenick |
Nationality | East Germany |
Born | (1949-03-17)17 March 1949 Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Soviet occupation zone of Germany |
Died | 8 March 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 63) Germany |
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 116 kg (256 lb) |
Spouse | Ilona Slupianek |
Sport | |
Country | East Germany |
Sport | athletics |
Event | Shot put |
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 21.67 m (1973) |
Medal record |
Hartmut Briesenick (17 March 1949 in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg â 8 March 2013) was an East German athlete who mainly competed in the men's shot put event.
Briesenick competed for East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the bronze medal in the men's shot put event. His first marriage was with volleyball player Marion Riebel. He was then marriedââto Ilona Slupianek, a fellow German shot-putter, "from 1984 until they divorced before his death." He had a daughter with Slupianek.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "KugelstoĂ-Europameister Briesenick tot!" (in German). Bild. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hartmut Briesenick". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ "KugelstoĂ-Europameister Briesenick tot!". Bild. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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Categories:
- 1949 births
- 2013 deaths
- Sportspeople from Luckenwalde
- East German male shot putters
- German male shot putters
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for East Germany
- Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
- East German Athletics Championships winners