- Marianne Buggenhagen
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Medal record Track and field (athletics) Competitor for 
GermanyParalympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona Pentathlon - PW3-4 Gold 1992 Barcelona Discus throw - THW5 Gold 1992 Barcelona Javelin throw - THW5 Gold 1992 Barcelona Shot putt - THW5 Gold 1996 Atlanta Discus throw - F53-54 Gold 1996 Atlanta Shot putt - F53-54 Gold 2000 Sydney Shot putt - F55 Gold 2004 Athens Shot putt - F54/55 Gold 2008 Beijing Discus throw - F54-56 Silver 2004 Athens Discus throw - F54/55 Bronze 1996 Atlanta Javelin throw - F53-54 Bronze 2008 Beijing Shot putt - F54-56 Marianne Buggenhagen is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.
She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she won four gold medals in discus, javelin, shot putt 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 putt. At her fourth games in 2004 she won her fourth consecutive shot putt title and won a sliver 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, her she failed to win a fifth shot putt 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.
External links
- Marianne Buggenhagen's profile on paralympic.org
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