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Sabine Röther

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Olympic medal record
Women's handball
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team
IHF World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1978 Czechoslovakia

Sabine Röther (later Kirschke, born 17 June 1957) is a former East German handball player who is a world champion from the 1978 World Championship. She also competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal.

In 1980 she won the bronze medal with the East German team. She played all five matches and scored nineteen goals.[1] She ended up playing 132 matches for the East German team, scoring 441 goals.

She played her club handball at SC Empor Rostock.

In total she played 132 games for the East German national team, scoring 441 goals.[2] She was in 1979 awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sabine Röther". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. ^ "DHB-News 03.04.2010: Medieninfo zur EM-Qualifikation der Frauen in Dessau". German Handball Association. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ^ Berliner Zeitung, 2 March 1979, P. 4