Margit Müller Explained

Margit Müller
Birth Date:31 October 1952
Birth Place:Oebisfelde, East Germany
Years1:1960–1966
Clubs1:VfL Wolfsburg
Years2:1966–1978
Clubs2:Eintracht Braunschweig
Years3:1978–
Clubs3:VfL Wolfsburg
Nationalyears1:1970–1980
Nationalteam1:West Germany
Nationalcaps1:100
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Margit Meissner née Müller (born 31 October 1952) is a retired German field hockey player.

Müller played for VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Braunschweig. With Braunschweig, she won eight German championship titles.[1] She also played 100 games in total for the German national team.[2]

With West Germany, Müller won the 1976 Women's Hockey World Cup. She was also called up to the West German squad for the 1980 Summer Olympics. However, due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, the West German team ultimately didn't enter the tournament.[3]

In 1974, Müller was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. In 1988, she was inducted into the hall of fame of the Lower Saxon Institute of Sports History.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hoffmeister, Kurt . Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 . 1986 . German . Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig . 51.
  2. Web site: Nationalspieler: Damen . hockey.de . German . 10 July 2015.
  3. Web site: Beschluss zum Boykott der Olympischen Spiele 1980 in Moskau . hockey.de . German . 10 July 2015.
  4. Web site: Hall of Fame / Ehrenportal . nish.de . German . 10 July 2015.