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) Berlin, 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 Men's athletics Representing East Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich Shot put European Championships 1971 Helsinki Shot put 1974 Rome Shot put European Indoor Championships 1970 Vienna Shot put 1971 Sofia Shot put 1972 Grenoble Shot put Summer Universiade 1970 Turin Shot put

Hartmut Briesenick (17 March 1949 – 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 married to Ilona Slupianek, a fellow German shot-putter, from 1984 until they divorced before his death. He had a daughter with Slupianek.

External links

• Hartmut Briesenick at World Athletics
• Hartmut Briesenick at Olympics.com
• Hartmut Briesenick at Olympedia
• Hartmut Briesenick at InterSportStats