Hartmut Briesenick
Hartmut Briesenick (1968)
Personal information
Full nameHartmut Briesenick
Nationality East Germany
Born(1949-03-17)17 March 1949
Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Died8 March 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 63)
Germany
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight116 kg (256 lb)
SpouseIlona Slupianek
Sport
Country East Germany
Sportathletics
EventShot put
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Achievements and titles
Personal best21.67 m (1973)
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 MunichShot put
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place Helsinki 1971Shot put
Gold medal – first place Rome 1974Shot put

Hartmut Briesenick (17 March 1949 in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg – 8 March 2013) was an East German athlete who mainly competed in the men's shot put event.[1][2]

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.[2] His first marriage was with volleyball player Marion Riebel. He was then married to Ilona Slupianek, a fellow German shot-putter, from 1984 until they divorced before his death. He had a daughter with Slupianek.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kugelstoß-Europameister Briesenick tot!" (in German). Bild. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ "Kugelstoß-Europameister Briesenick tot!". Bild. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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