Margitta Pufe (née Ludewig, formerly known as Margitta Droese or Margitta Droese-Pufe, born 10 September 1952 in Gera, Thuringia), is a German track athlete, who from the mid-1970s to 1980 competed for the German Democratic Republic and was among the world's best shot putters and discus throwers.

Her greatest achievement was winning a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow in shot put.

[1] Pufe started her career with SC Motor Jena and trained under Ingrid Kleppe.

After her competitive career came to an end, Pufe remained active in the sport as a shot put and discus coach first for VEB Carl Zeiss Jena and currently for TuS Jena.

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