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Margitta Pufe

1952 - Today

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Margitta Pufe (née Ludewig, formerly known as Margitta Droese or Margitta Droese-Pufe, born 10 September 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 at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow in shot put. Pufe started her career with SC Motor Jena and trained under Ingrid Kleppe. While competing, Pufe was 1.80 m tall and weighed 83 kg. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Margitta Pufe is the 1,905th most popular athlete (up from 1,926th in 2024), the 5,449th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,555th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Margitta Pufe ranks 1,905 out of 6,025. Before her are Yoshihiro Akiyama, Oleg Golovanov, Ivo Stefanoni, Kauko Hänninen, Harold McMunn, and Ekkehard Fasser. After her are Marilee Stepan, Liesel Westermann, Christiane Krause, Willard Rice, Alf Hansen, and Munyoro Nyamau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Margitta Pufe ranks 565. Before her are Şehrazat, Cellou Dalein Diallo, Gábor Csupó, James Forbes, Tom McMillen, and Ekkehard Fasser. After her are Vyacheslav Lemeshev, June Anderson, Mathew Knowles, Harald Konopka, Susan Dey, and Lars-Erik Skiöld.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Margitta Pufe ranks 5,452 out of 7,253. Before her are Ines Diers (1963), Harald Norpoth (1942), Hugo Dollheiser (1927), Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920), Wolfgang Sidka (1954), and Annemarie Buchner (1924). After her are Jörg Heinrich (1969), Volker Weidler (1962), Liesel Westermann (1944), Christiane Krause (1950), Rick J. Jordan (1968), and Christian Wörns (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Margitta Pufe ranks 182. Before her are Frank Schaffer (1958), Matthias Behr (1955), Günther Haase (1925), Erwin Keller (1905), Rosa Kellner (1910), and Harald Norpoth (1942). After her are Liesel Westermann (1944), Christiane Krause (1950), Marga Petersen (1919), Wolfgang Scheidel (1943), Lutz Dombrowski (1959), and Karl Neumer (1887).

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