Margit Meissner née Müller (born 31 October 1952) is a retired German field hockey player. Müller played for VfL Wolfsburg and

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. With Braunschweig, she won eight German championship titles. She also played 100 games in total for the

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. With West Germany, Müller won the 1976 Women's Hockey World Cup. She was also called up to the West German squad for the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. However, due to the

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, the West German team ultimately didn't enter the tournament. In 1974, Müller was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. In 1988, she was inducted into the

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of the Lower Saxon Institute of Sports History.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Margit 1952 births Living people German female field hockey players People from Oebisfelde-Weferlingen Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf