Hartmut Brizenick ( Hartmut Briesenick ; March 17, 1949 , Luckenwalde , Brandenburg , Soviet zone of occupation of Germany - March 8, 2013 ) - East German athlete , German ( GDR ) athlete, bronze medalist of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in the shot put.
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| Date and place of birth | March 17, 1949 Luckenwalde , Brandenburg , Soviet occupation zone of Germany | ||||||||||||
| Date and place of death | March 8, 2013 (63 years) | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Germany | ||||||||||||
| Growth | 191 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg | ||||||||||||
| Club | Dinamo (Berlin) | ||||||||||||
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Sports career
He played for the Berlin Dynamo, trained by Willy Kühl.
In 1969-1972 he became the four-time champion of the GDR in the hall and the four-time champion in the open air (1971, 1971, 1973 and 1974): the three-time European Champion in the building (1970-1972). At the Summer Olympic Games in Munich (1972) he won a bronze medal, twice became the champion of Europe (1971 and 1974).
In 1978 he completed his sports career, worked as a junior coach in the club Dynamo (Berlin). After the unification of Germany, he worked in a sports equipment campaign.