Marion Lüttge
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Marion Lüttge, née Gräfe (born 25 November 1941) is a former East German javelin thrower
. Lüttge won the gold medal at the 1966 European Championships in Budapest
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, Saxony
and had worked as a chemist before devoting herself to athletics. In 1963, she married the hammer thrower Friedrich Lüttge, the brother of shot putter
Johanna Lüttge
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Lüttge was the East German champion in the javelin in 1962, 1963 and 1966. She also established three national records during her career; she recorded the last of these on 2 September 1966 with a personal best throw of 59.70m during qualification for the final of the 1966 European Championships.
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
. Lüttge won the gold medal at the 1966 European Championships in Budapest
Budapest
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Biography
Lüttge was born in LeipzigLeipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
and had worked as a chemist before devoting herself to athletics. In 1963, she married the hammer thrower Friedrich Lüttge, the brother of shot putter
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
Johanna Lüttge
Johanna Lüttge
Johanna Lüttge-Hübner is an East German athlete who competed mainly in the Shot put. She participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics for the United Team of Germany.She won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome,...
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Lüttge was the East German champion in the javelin in 1962, 1963 and 1966. She also established three national records during her career; she recorded the last of these on 2 September 1966 with a personal best throw of 59.70m during qualification for the final of the 1966 European Championships.