Ilona Slupianek

Slupianek is a figure I find impossible to read simply. As East Germany's dominant shot putter she won 1980 Olympic gold in Moscow and broke the world record twice that same year, raw physical supremacy at 180 cm of force. Yet the year-long doping suspension sits inseparably beside those marks. Knowing what we now know about the GDR's state-organized doping system, I am reluctant to lay the full weight on the athlete alone; she was a product of a machine larger than herself. Her career embodies the uneasy entanglement of record and shadow, and I hold a complicated, qualified admiration for it.

Ilona Longo (née Schoknecht, divorced Briesenick and Slupianek; born 24 September 1956) is a German former shot putter who represented East Germany. As Ilona Slupianek, she won the 1980 Olympic title in Moscow and won European titles in 1978 and 1982. She is also a seven-time GDR champion. She twice broke the world record with puts of 22.36 metres and 22.45 metres in 1980. She was suspended for a year for doping.

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Name (English)

Ilona Slupianek

Name (Japanese)

イローナ・スルピアネク

Reading

いろーな・するぴあねく

Born

September 24, 1956 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Origin

Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Blood type

Private

Height

180 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

politician / athletics competitor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• politician
• athletics competitor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.