Maike Arlt

Maike Arlt was on the East German volleyball team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics that won the fifth-place match against Brazil 3-1. She also won the European Championships in 1983 and 1987, and was silver medallist in 1985, and bronze medallist in 1991 (representing re-unified Germany). In 1986 and 1990, Arlt participated in the World Championships.

Arlt won 251 international caps with East Germany and re-unified Germany. She played for SC Dynamo Berlin (until 1991), CJD Berlin (1991-96) and Berlin Brandenburg SC (from 1997). She was East German Champion from 1985-91, and German Champion 1993-94. She was also an East German Cup winner 1983-87, 1989, and 1991, and German Cup winner 1992-95. In 1984-85 and 1993 she won the European Cup Winners’ Cup.

Arlt was vice-president of the Berlin Volleyball Federation from 2005-10. By profession, she became a bank clerk and insurance agent, working with a Berlin insurance company.