Detlef Gerstenberg
- January 24, 1993
- 35 years
- liver cirrhosis
About Detlef Gerstenberg
Detlef Gerstenberg, 35, East Germany hammer thrower and Olympian (1980), liver cirrhosis.
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|Detlef Gerstenberg (5 March 1957 – 24 January 1993) was a hammer thrower from East Germany, who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics for his native country. Born in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg he died of cirrhosis aged 35 in Berlin.
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