Marianne Adam (born 19 September 1951 in

Luckenwalde Luckenwalde (; Upper Sorbian language, Upper and , , ) is the capital of the Teltow-Fläming district in the state of Brandenburg in eastern Germany. It is situated on the Nuthe river north of the Fläming Heath, at the eastern rim of the Nuthe-Ni ...

Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

) is a retired

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter who competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

in the 1970s. She was born in

. She was a member of

SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was reformed after German reunification and succe ...

. She won the bronze medal at the

1974 European Athletics Championships The 11th European Athletics Championships of 1974 were held from 2 September to 8 September in Italy, at Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Complete results were p ...

, 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 The European Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played in Berlin, Germany. The event was played as part of the ATP Tour in 1990 and 1991. It was played on indoor carpet court A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The Intern ...

: fourth place (17,49 metres - 17,48 - 17,26 - 16,54 - 17,10 - 17,40) *1972,

: bronze medal (18,30 - 17,95 - 17,81 - 17,75 - x - 17,87) *1972,

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

: fifth place (18,75 - x - 18,58 - 18,94 - 18,91 - 18,71) *1974,

: bronze medal (19,35 - 18,68 - 19,04 - 18,66 - 19,70 - 19,37) *1974,

European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

: silver medal (20,43 - 20,18 - 19,86 - x - 20,09 - 20,42) *1975,

: gold medal (18,86 - 20,05 - 19,30 - 19,19 - 19,55 - 19,94) *1976,

: fourth place (20,55 - x - x - x - 18,15 - 19,50) *1979,

: silver medal (19,86 - 19,99 - 20,14 - 19,47 - 19,69 - 20,11)

References

1951 births Living people Sportspeople from Luckenwalde East German female shot putters Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World record setters in athletics (track and field) East German Athletics Championships winners {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub