Hartmut Briesenick

Hartmut Briesenick

Hartmut Briesenick (1968)
Personal information
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 Representing  East Germany Men's Athletics Olympic Games 1972 Munich Shot put European Athletics Championships Helsinki 1971 Shot put Rome 1974 Shot 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. 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.

External links

• European Championships