Margitta Pufe
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Margitta Pufe, born Ludewig, (formerly known as Margitta Droese or Margitta Droese-Pufe) (September 10, 1952 in Gera
, Thuringia
), is a German track athlete, who from the mid 1970s to 1980 competed for the German Democratic Republic
and was among the world's best shot putters and discus throwers. Her greatest achievement was winning a bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
Margitta Pufe started her career with SC Motor Jena and trained under Ingrid Kleppe. While competing, Pufe was 1.80 m tall and weighed 90 kg.
After her competitive career came to an end, Pufe remained active in the sport as a shot put and discus coach first for VEB Carl Zeiss Jena and currently for TuS Jena.
Gera
Gera, the third-largest city in the German state of Thuringia , lies in east Thuringia on the river Weiße Elster, approximately 60 kilometres to the south of the city of Leipzig and 80 kilometres to the east of Erfurt...
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
), is a German track athlete, who from the mid 1970s to 1980 competed for the German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
and was among the world's best shot putters and discus throwers. Her greatest achievement was winning a bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
Achievements
- 1970, European Junior Championships: 3rd place in shot put, 6th place in Discus
- 1976, Summer Olympic Games1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
: 6th place in shot put (19.79 m, under the name Margitta Droese) - 1978, European Track and Field Championships: 3 place in shot put (18.06 - 19.59 - 20.28 - 20.58 - 20.48 - 20.31), 2nd place in discus (63.76 - 63.32 - foul - 64.04 - 63.34 - 63.96)
- 1980, Summer Olympic Games1980 Summer OlympicsThe 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
: 3rd place in shot put (21.20 - 21.07 - 20.42 - 20.72 - 20.05 - 20.36), 5th place in diskus (51.72 - 64.84 - 61.24 - 58.70 - foul - 66.12)
Margitta Pufe started her career with SC Motor Jena and trained under Ingrid Kleppe. While competing, Pufe was 1.80 m tall and weighed 90 kg.
After her competitive career came to an end, Pufe remained active in the sport as a shot put and discus coach first for VEB Carl Zeiss Jena and currently for TuS Jena.