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Kristina Richter

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Kristina Richter
Personal information
Born (1946-10-24) 24 October 1946 (age 78)
Zwickau, East Germany
Nationality German
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
Team
–
 BSV Sachsen Zwickau
Senior clubs
Years Team
1965-1980
 Berliner TSC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966-1980
 East Germany 235[1] (880)
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1971 Netherlands
Gold medal – first place 1975 Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1978 Czechoslovakia

Kristina Richter (née Hochmuth, born 24 October 1946) is a former East German handball player who won the World Championship three times with the East German national team. She also competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2]

She was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in July 2016.[3]

Playing Career

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Richter started playing handball in 1963 after first practicing athletics.[4] She started as a youth player for BSG Aktivist „Karl Marx“ Zwickau, before joining Berliner TSC in 1965.[4] Here she played the rest of her career until 1980. With the club she won EHF European Champions Cup in 1978,[5] the DDR Championship in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1980 and the DDR Cup in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980.

National team

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In 1971 she was part of the East German team that won the 1971 World Championship.

At the 1975 World Championship she won her second world championship.

In 1976 at the 1976 Olympics she won a silver medal with the East German team. She played all five matches and scored 27 goals.

Four years later she won a bronze medal as a member of the East German team. She played all five matches and scored 19 goals.

At the 1978 World Women's Handball Championship she was joint top scorer together with Milena Foltynova with 41 goals,[6] when East Germany won their third title.

She has the 8th most matches ever for any of the German national teams and had the third most goals after Katrin Mietzner and Grit Jurack.[7]

Coaching career

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From 1981 she coached youth teams at Berliner TSC. From 1994 she became the head coach of the 1st team.

Awards and recognition

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In 1976 she was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.[8] In 1980 she received the award in silver.[9]

In 1980 she was the East German player of the year.[10]

She was the Olympic flagbearer at the 1980 Olympics for East Germany.

Private

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Richter studied in Leipzig, while playing for BSG Aktivist „Karl Marx“ Zwickau.[4] She is educated as a primary school teacher in sports and geography.

She was married from 1938 to the German cycling coach Dagomar Richter until his death in 2020.[4] She has two children.[11]

Her older brother was a handball coach at BSG Aktivist Karl Marx Zwickau.[4]

References

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  1. ^ M. Wagner (2008). "Nowitzki in Kristinas Fußstapfen" (in German) (38 ed.). Handballwoche. p. 29.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kristina Richter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Meldung 24 05 2016". www.hall-of-fame-sport.de. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Weltmeisterin und Fahnenträgerin bei Olympischen Spielen". dhb.de (in German). German Handball Association. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. ^ Carolin Paul (26 September 2023). "Stars von gestern. Was macht eigentlich Kristina Richter? Die Beste ihrer Zeit". Handballwoche (39 ed.). p. 45.
  6. ^ "Weltmeister Frauen (Kleinfeld / Halle)". bundesligainfo.de (in German). Handball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. ^ "DHB-News 03.04.2010: Medieninfo zur EM-Qualifikation der Frauen in Dessau" (in German). German Handball Association. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Von der Ehrung für die Olympiamannschaft der DDR. Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen. Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Bronze" (PDF). staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. Neues Deutschland. 10 September 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  9. ^ . Neues Deutschland. 22 August 1980. p. 3. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ ""Bester Handballer" / "Beste Handballerin" (DDR)" (in German). Handball in der DDR. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Handball-Idol Richter feiert 60" (in German). Nordkurier. 24 October 2006.[dead link‍]
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