Margit Meissner née Müller (born 31 October 1952) is a retired German

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

player. Müller played for

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

and Eintracht Braunschweig. With Braunschweig, she won eight German championship titles. She also played 100 games in total for the German national team. With West Germany, Müller won the 1976

Women's Hockey World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the Internat ...

. She was also called up to the West German squad for the 1980 Summer Olympics. 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 Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and ...

. In 1988, she was inducted into the hall of fame 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