Marianne Werner (; Schulze-Entrup, later Ader, born 4 January 1924), is a retired

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who specialized in throwing events. She competed in the shot put and discus throw at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and earned two medals in the shot put. Werner won the European title in this event in 1958 and finished fifth in

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1924 births Living people People from Dülmen Sportspeople from Münster (region) West German female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic athletes of the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub