Johanna Lüttge (later Hübner then Langer; 20 March 1936 – 14 November 2022) was a retired

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

athlete. She competed in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in 11th, 2nd and 9th place, respectively. She married twice, first to Mr. Hübner and later to

Rudolf Langer Rudolf Langer (born 29 March 1939) is a retired German athlete. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the men's shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as ...

, a German athlete who also competed in the shot put at the 1964 Olympics.

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1936 births 2022 deaths People from Sömmerda (district) Sportspeople from the Province of Saxony German female shot putters East German female shot putters Athletes from Thuringia Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze People from Bezirk Erfurt SC DHfK Leipzig athletes East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub