Christine Mummhardt (née Walther, born 27 December 1951) is a German former volleyball player who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Christine Mummhardt
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1951-12-27) 27 December 1951 (age 72)
Dresden, East Germany
(now Germany)
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Team

Mummhardt was born in Dresden in 1951.[1]

In 1976, Mummhardt was part of the East German team that finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches. Four years later, she won a silver medal with the East German team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. She played three matches.[2]

She studied state sciences and was employed first at Volkspolizei (German People's Police) followed by Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency).[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 398. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christine Walther-Mummhardt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2019.