Katrin Krüger (later Mietzner, born 10 April 1959 in Groß Schönebeck,

Bezirk Frankfurt The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder). History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substitut ...

) is a former

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

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 ...

player who is a world champion from the

1978 World Women's Handball Championship The 1978 World Women's Handball Championship was the 7th edition of the tournament. It took place in Czechoslovakia from between 30 November-10 December 1978. East Germany won the tournament ahead of Soviet Union and Hungary. This was East German ...

. She also competed in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. In 1980 she won the bronze medal with the East German team. She played all five matches and scored eleven goals. At club level she played for

ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder Frankfurter Handball Club is a German women's handball from Frankfurt (Oder). History During the communist era Frankfurter HC was the handball section of military sports club ASK Vorwärts, installed in Frankfurt since 1971. Vorwärts was one of ...

. In the 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1983 seasons she was the top scorer in the DDR-Oberliga.

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In 1981 and 1982 she was named Handballer of the year in East Germany. In 1979 she was awarded the DDR

Patriotic Order of Merit The Patriotic Order of Merit (German: ''Vaterländischer Verdienstorden'', or VVO) was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in 1954 and was awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding ...

in bronze and in 1984 in silver.''

Neues Deutschland (, , abbr. nd) is a left-wing German daily newspaper, headquarters, headquartered in Berlin. For 43 years it was the official party newspaper of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), which governed East Germany (officially known as the ...

'', 1/2 September 1984, P. 4.

Private

She is married to the former

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically a ...

European champion Jochen Mietzner and works as a judge at the Amtsgericht. Her daughter Franziska Mietzner is also a handball player.

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1959 births Living people People from Barnim Sportspeople from Bezirk Frankfurt German female handball players Handball players from Brandenburg Olympic handball players for East Germany Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver 20th-century German sportswomen East German female handball players Friendship Games medalists in handball {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub