Uwe Potteck

{{short description|German sports shooter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=May 2022|Uwe Potteck}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Uwe Potteck | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|5|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Wittenberge, East Germany | death_date =  | death_place = | residence = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | spouse = | height = | weight = | sport = Shooting | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's shooting }} {{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1976 Montreal | 50 metre pistol }} }}

'''Uwe Potteck''' (born 1 May 1955) is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in the 50 metre pistol at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal. At the Olympics in 1980 he placed 16th, and in 1988 he placed ninth.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Uwe Potteck |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/uwe-potteck-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/uwe-potteck-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=9 November 2010}}</ref> His brother, Jens Potteck, is also an Olympic shooter.<ref>{{Cite sports-reference |title = Jens Potteck |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/jens-potteck-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/jens-potteck-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 24 March 2019 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Potteck, Uwe}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:German male sport shooters Category:Olympic shooters for East Germany Category:East German male sport shooters Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Category:Olympic medalists in shooting Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:National People's Army sportspeople Category:People from Wittenberge Category:Sport shooters from Brandenburg Category:20th-century German sportsmen Category:21st-century German people