Sabine Röther (later Kirschke, born 17 June 1957) is a former East German

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 ...

. In 1980 she won the bronze medal with the East German team. She played all five matches and scored nineteen goals.

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1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Rostock People from Bezirk Rostock German female handball players Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze 20th-century German women East German female handball players SC Empor Rostock athletes {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub