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

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

athlete. She competed in the

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 ...

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, 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 Sportspeople from Bezirk Erfurt SC DHfK Leipzig athletes East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub