Christine Walther-Mummhardt

Christine Walther was on the East German volleyball team that won the silver medals at both the 1977 and 1979 Europeans. In 1976, she played at the Montréal Olympics, but the GDR team lost all its matches, including the match for fifth place against Cuba. Four years later at Moskva she won a silver medal under her married name Mummhardt, losing twice against the Soviet Union both in the preliminary round and the final by 3-1 in sets.

Domestically, Walther-Mummhardt played with SC Dynamo Berlin from 1969-82 and helped them win the East German Championships from 1972-75 and 1978-79. She was also on the squad winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1978.