Hartmut Briesenick

Hartmut Briesenick
Hartmut Briesenick (1968)
Personal information
Full nameHartmut Briesenick
Nationality East Germany
Born(1949-03-17)17 March 1949
Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Died8 March 2013(2013-03-08) (aged 63)
Germany
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight116 kg (256 lb)
SpouseIlona Slupianek
Sport
Country East Germany
Sportathletics
EventShot put
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Achievements and titles
Personal best21.67 m (1973)
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Men's Athletics
Olympic Games
1972 MunichShot put
European Athletics Championships
Helsinki 1971Shot put
Rome 1974Shot put

Hartmut Briesenick (17 March 1949 in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg – 8 March 2013) was an East German athlete who mainly competed in the men's shot put event.

Briesenick competed for East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the bronze medal in the men's shot put event. His first marriage was with volleyball player Marion Riebel. He was then married to Ilona Slupianek, a fellow German shot-putter, from 1984 until they divorced before his death. He had a daughter with Slupianek.