Marianne Buggenhagen

Marianne Buggenhagen
nation	Germany
birthday	May 26, 1953
place of birth	Ueckermünde
Career
discipline	Javelin and discus throw , shot put
Trainer	Bodo Heinemann, Bernd Mädler, Ralf Otto
status	End of career
Medal table
Paralympic Games gold 1992 Barcelona Pentathlon gold 1992 Barcelona Javelin throw gold 1992 Barcelona Discus throw gold 1992 Barcelona Shot put gold 1996 Atlanta Discus throw gold 1996 Atlanta Shot put bronze 1996 Atlanta Javelin throw gold 2000 Sydney Shot put gold 2004 Athens Shot put silver 2004 Athens Discus throw gold 2008 Beijing Discus throw bronze 2008 Beijing Shot put silver 2012 London Shot put silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put World Championships for the Disabled gold 1994 Berlin Pentathlon gold 1994 Berlin Javelin throw gold 1994 Berlin Discus throw gold 1994 Berlin Shot put gold 1998 Birmingham Discus throw gold 1998 Birmingham Shot put silver 1998 Birmingham Javelin throw gold 2002 Lille Shot put silver 2002 Lille Discus throw bronze 2002 Lille Javelin throw gold 2006 Assen Discus throw silver 2006 Assen Shot put bronze 2006 Assen Javelin throw gold 2011 Christchurch Discus throw gold 2011 Christchurch Shot put gold 2013 Lyon Discus throw bronze 2013 Lyon Shot put gold 2015 Doha Shot put gold 2015 Doha Discus throw European Championships for the Disabled gold 2012 Stadskanaal Shot put gold 2014 Swansea Discus throw bronze 2014 Swansea Javelin throw bronze 2014 Swansea Shot put gold 2016 Grosseto Discus throw silver 2016 Grosseto Shot put
last change: October 22, 2019

Marianne Buggenhagen (born May 26, 1953 in Ueckermünde ) is a German athlete with a sports career in disabled sports , in which she won nine gold medals at 7 Paralympic Summer Games . She has been in a wheelchair since she was 23 years old . She is a social worker in a Berlin clinic for paraplegics . Two schools for the physically handicapped bear her name.

Services

Marianne Buggenhagen won a total of nine gold medals in seven Paralympics . She holds three world records (in the shot put, in discus throw and in all-around competitions, as of 2008). She won world and European championships and over 140 national titles.

Awards

• 1991: Silver medal for disabled sports
• 1992: "Golden Ribbon" from the Berlin sports journalists
• 1992: Silver bay leaf
• 1993: "Woman of the Year" from the Association of German Citizens
• 1993: "The Victory Awards" in Washington DC
• 1994: "Sportswoman of the Year" for ARD
• 1994: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin
• 1994: Woman of the Year
• 1995: "Noel Foundation Awards" in Los Angeles
• 1999: Honorary citizenship of the city of Ueckermünde
• 2001: Silver bay leaf
• 2001: Hans Heinrich Sievert Prize
• 2010: Merit Medal of the Federal Cross of Merit
• 2018: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon

Appreciation

Two special schools were named after her. One of them is next to the Oehrenfeld disabled facility in Darlingerode , the other is in the Berlin district of Buch .

Books

• I am ready for life from head to toe. The autobiography . Sportverlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-328-00698-2 .

literature

• Short biography for:  Buggenhagen, Marianne . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Marianne Buggenhagen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Complete list of results at www.paralympic.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Merit Cross on Ribbon awarded to Marianne Buggenhagen. November 27, 2018, accessed on November 3, 2019 (German). 
2. ^ Website of the Marianne Buggenhagen School - special school for physical and motor development. Retrieved November 3, 2019 . 
3. ^ Rene Meintz: Marianne Buggenhagen School. February 20, 2014, accessed November 3, 2019 .