Birgit Wagner

Birgit Wagner
Personal information
Full name	Birgit Peter
Born	(1969-01-21) 21 January 1969 (age 56) Rostock, East Germany
Nationality	German
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000-1990	SC Empor Rostock
1990-1994	TV Lützellinden
1994-1998	TuS Walle Bremen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Germany	103 [1]	(187)
Medal record Representing   Germany World Championship 1993 Norway European Championship 1994 Germany

Birgit Wagner, married Birgit Peter (born 21 January 1969) is a German handball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ^[2] She was also on the German team that won gold medals at the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship. ^[3]

Career

Wagner started her career at SC Empor Rostock, where she won the East German championship in 1989. ^[4] In 1990 she joined TV Lützellinden. Here she won the 1991 EHF Champions Cup in 1991, the DHB-Pokal in 1992 and the German championship in 1993. ^[4] In 1994 she joined league rivals TuS Walle Bremen, where she won the 1995 and 1996 German championships and the 1995 German Cup.

She retired in 1998 due to pregnancy.

References

1. dhb.de: Nationalspielerinnen, retrieved 16. September 2015
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Birgit Wagner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
3. "Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister" (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
4. "Birgit Wagner - deutsche Handballspielerin" (in German). Munzinger Arkiv. Retrieved 6 April 2025.

External links

• Birgit Peter at the European Handball Federation
• Birgit Peter at Olympics.com
• Birgit Peter at Olympedia