Marianne Buggenhagen

Marianne Buggenhagen (born 26 May 1953 in Ueckermünde, East Germany) is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.

Marianne Buggenhagen

Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing Germany
Paralympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Pentathlon - PW3-4
	1992 Barcelona	Discus throw - THW5
	1992 Barcelona	Javelin throw - THW5
	1992 Barcelona	Shot put - THW5
	1996 Atlanta	Discus throw - F53-54
	1996 Atlanta	Shot put - F53-54
	2000 Sydney	Shot put - F55
	2004 Athens	Shot put - F54/55
	2008 Beijing	Discus throw - F54-56
	2004 Athens	Discus throw - F54/55
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Discus throw - F55
	1996 Atlanta	Javelin throw - F53-54
	2008 Beijing	Shot put - F54-56
	2012 London	Shot put - F54-56
IPC World Championships
	2015 Doha	Discus throw F55
IPC European Championships
	2014 Swansea	Discus - F55
	2016 Grosseto	Discus - F55
	2016 Grosseto	Shot put - F55
	2014 Swansea	Shot put - F53/54/55

Career history

She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she won four gold medals in discus, javelin, shot put and pentathlon. Then at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States she again won the shot and discus and won a bronze in the javelin. The following games in 2000 in Sydney, Australia she yet again won the shot put. At her fourth games in 2004 she won her fourth consecutive shot put title and won a silver in the discus throw. Marianne was one of the few athletes to have competed in Barcelona to also compete in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, there she failed to win a fifth shot put managing only to win the bronze medal, but did manage to win the discus throw, her twelfth medal in all of which 9 had been gold.

Honours

There are two schools with her name. One in Buch, the other one in Darlingerode, near "Haus Oehrenfeld".

External links

• Marianne Buggenhagen at the International Paralympic Committee
• Marianne Buggenhagen at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Marianne Buggenhagen at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)