Carola Ciszewski

Carola Ciszewski
Personal information
Born	(1968-06-01) June 1, 1968 (age 56) Merseburg, East Germany
Nationality	German
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Youth career
Years	Team
1979-1981	BSG Wismut Schneeberg
–	SC Leipzig
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1981-1993	SC Leipzig
1993-1999	VfB Leipzig
1999-2008	HC Leipzig
National team
Years	Team
?-1990	East Germany
1990-?	Germany
Medal record Representing   East Germany World Championship 1990 South Korea Representing   Germany World Championship 1993 Norway European Championship 1994 Germany

Carola Ciszewski (born 1 June 1968 in Merseburg, DDR) is a German handball player, won the 1993 World Championship. ^[1] She also participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth.

Career

Carola Ciszewski started playing handball at BSG Wismut Schneeberg, before joining SC Leipzig in 1981 at the age of 13. ^[2] Here she played in the top division in East Germany and later in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen after the fall of the Berlin Wall. ^[3] Here she won the EHF European League twice in 1985-86 and 1991-92. She also won the DDR Championship in 1987-88 and in 1990-91, the last edition of the tournament. She won the United Germany Championship twice in a row in 1997-98 and 1998-99.

National team

Ciszewski played for both the East Germany and the Unified Germany national teams. With East Germany she played at the 1990 World Championship in South Korea, where she won bronze medals.

With the Unified Germany national team, she won the 1993 World Championship. ^[1]

References

• Profile at sports-reference.com

1. "Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister" (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
2. "Carola Ciszewski" (in German). Munzinger Arkiv. 11 April 2021.
3. "Carola Ciszewski verlängert in Leipzig" (in German). Der Spiegel. 4 May 1999. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

• Carola Ciszewski at Olympedia