Birgit Wagner

Birgit Wagner
Birgit Wagner
Personal information
Full name	Birgit Peter
Born	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
	Germany
Medal record
Representing Germany
World Championship
European Championship

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.

^ dhb.de: Nationalspielerinnen, retrieved 16. September 2015
^ 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.
^ "Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister" (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Birgit Wagner - deutsche Handballspielerin" (in German). Munzinger Arkiv. Retrieved 6 April 2025.

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