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| Full name | Saskia Wummelsdorf Fischer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Saskia Wummelsdorf Fischer (born 2 May 1980) is a German female badminton player. She has competed in the 1997, 2005, 2009 and 2013 Summer Deaflympics. [1] [2]
Wummelsdorf has won 3 medals in her Deaflympic career including a gold medal.
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