Marianne Adam (born 19 September 1951 in

Luckenwalde Luckenwalde (; Upper and dsb, Łukowc) is the capital of the Teltow-Fläming district in the German state of Brandenburg. It is situated on the Nuthe river north of the Fläming Heath, at the eastern rim of the Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park, about ...

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) is a retired shot putter who competed for

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in the 1970s. She was born in

. She was a member of SC Dynamo Berlin. 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 pu ...

, 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,

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: 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,

: 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

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 Germany-athletics-bio-stub