Ilona Slupianek

Medal record
Ilona Slupianek at a 1981 competition
Women's Athletics
Competitor for East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	1980 Moscow	Shot put
World Championships
Bronze	1983 Helsinki	Shot put
European Championships
Gold	1978 Prague	Shot put
Gold	1982 Athens	Shot put
IAAF World Cup
Gold	1977 Düsseldorf	Shot put
Gold	1979 Montréal	Shot put
Gold	1981 Rome	Shot put

Ilona Briesenick, née Schoknecht divorced Slupianek (born September 24, 1956 in Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a retired German athlete, who starred mainly in the shot put. She became Olympic, European and seven times GDR champion and set world records twice.

Slupianek was disqualified for doping at the 1977 European Cup, where she dominated her event with a superlative 21.20. Just one year and 16 days after her disqualification she returned to win the 1978 European title, and went on to win the European Indoor title in 1979.

She competed for East Germany in Moscow (USSR), where she won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the next years she obtained gold at the European Indoor Championships in 1981 and the European Championships in 1982, followed by a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships.

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

• IAAF profile for Ilona Slupianek

Records
Preceded by Helena Fibingerová	Women's Shot Put World Record Holder May 2, 1980 – May 27, 1984	Succeeded by Natalya Lisovskaya
Awards
Preceded by Marita Koch	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1980	Succeeded by Evelyn Ashford