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Nationality
  
East Germany

Name
  
Marianne Adam

Club
  
SC Dynamo Berlin

Personal best(s)
  
21.86 m (1979)

Weight
  
85 kg


Sport
  
Athletics

Height
  
1.83 m

Country
  
East Germany

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Events
  
Shot put

Marianne Adam

Born
  
September 19, 1951 (age 72) (
1951-09-19
)
Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, East Germany

Marianne Adam (born 19 September 1951 in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg) is a retired shot putter who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. She was born in Luckenwalde. She was a member of SC Dynamo Berlin. She won the bronze medal at the 1974 European Athletics Championships, and at the European Indoor Championships she won one gold medal (1975), one silver medal (1979) and two bronze medals (1972, 1974).

Her personal best throw was 21.86 metres, which puts her sixth in the all-time performers list. She held the shot put world record from 6 August 1975 to 3 July 1976.

Career highlights

  • 1971, European Indoor Championships: fourth place (17,49 metres - 17,48 - 17,26 - 16,54 - 17,10 - 17,40)
  • 1972, European Indoor Championships: bronze medal (18,30 - 17,95 - 17,81 - 17,75 - x - 17,87)
  • 1972, Olympic Games: fifth place (18,75 - x - 18,58 - 18,94 - 18,91 - 18,71)
  • 1974, European Indoor Championships: bronze medal (19,35 - 18,68 - 19,04 - 18,66 - 19,70 - 19,37)
  • 1974, European Championships: silver medal (20,43 - 20,18 - 19,86 - x - 20,09 - 20,42)
  • 1975, European Indoor Championships: gold medal (18,86 - 20,05 - 19,30 - 19,19 - 19,55 - 19,94)
  • 1976, Olympic Games: fourth place (20,55 - x - x - x - 18,15 - 19,50)
  • 1979, European Indoor Championships: silver medal (19,86 - 19,99 - 20,14 - 19,47 - 19,69 - 20,11)
  • References

    Marianne Adam Wikipedia