Rainer Höft (born 3 April 1956 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

) 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

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 ...

. He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played five matches and scored four goals.

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1956 births Living people German male handball players Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players from Berlin People from East Berlin East German male handball players Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub