Ingrid Mierzwiak

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameIngrid•Mierzwiak (Hamann-)
Used nameIngrid•Mierzwiak
Born23 January 1953 in Prenzlau, Brandenburg (GER)
Measurements178 cm / 69 kg
AffiliationsSC Dynamo Berlin, Ost-Berlin (GER)
NOC East Germany

Biography

Ingrid Mierzwiak was on the East German volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1975 European Championships. In 1976, she played at the Montréal Olympics, but the GDR team lost all its matches, including the match for fifth place against Cuba.

Domestically, Mierzwiak played with SC Dynamo Berlin from 1969-79 and helped them win the East German Championships from 1973-75 and 1978-79. She was also on the squad winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1978.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Volleyball (Volleyball) GDR Ingrid Mierzwiak
Volleyball, Women (Olympic) East Germany 6

Special Notes