Petra Uhlig (born 22 July 1954) is a former

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic 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 throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

and in 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 ...

. In 1976 she won the silver medal with the East German team. She played all five matches and scored five goals. Four years later she won the bronze medal as a member of the East German. She played all five matches and scored six goals.

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1954 births Living people German female handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold SC Leipzig athletes Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze People from Mittelsachsen Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt Sportspeople from Saxony East German female handball players {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub