Carola Ciszewski

Defender Carola Ciszewski was a German handball player who was on the losing side in the third-place match at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when Germany lost 24-20 to the Unified Team EUN. She won the bronze medal at the 1990 World Championships with the former GDR and after reunification won the gold medal at the 1993 Worlds. She won 149 international caps.

Domestically, Ciszewski played with SC Leipzig (later renamed VfB Leipzig and HC Leipzig). In 1984, 1988, and 1991 she won the East German national title and in 1998 and 1999 the German title. In 1986 and 1992, Ciszewski also helped Leipzig win the European IHF Cup. By profession, she became a graduated social pedagogue and physiotherapist.