Danja Müsch (born 14 April 1971 in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...

) is a female former

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

player from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, who represented her native country in three consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

: 1996, 2000, and 2004. Partnering with Beate Bühler, she claimed the gold medal at the 1994 European Championships in Almería, Spain.

After volleyball

Müsch currently works for German TV station

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, reporting on volleyball and

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

Playing partners

* Beate Bühler * Maike Friedrichsen * Susanne Lahme *

Jana Vollmer Jana Vollmer (also known as Jana Vollmerová, née Pechová, born 5 May 1973 in Mladá Boleslav) is a female former beach volleyball player from Germany, who was born in Czechoslovakia. Her family were of minority Bohemian German descent. In 199 ...

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* * * 1971 births Living people German women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Germany Sportspeople from Kassel German women's volleyball players West German women's volleyball players 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub