Cornelia Rickert

Cornelia Rickert was on the East German volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1975 European Championships and the silver medal at the 1977 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. She earned 95 international caps.

Domestically, Rickert played with SC Traktor Schwerin from 1969-79 and helped them win the East German Championships in 1976 and 1977. She was also on the squads winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1975 and the European Champions Cup in 1978. Her daughter Doreen Engel became a volleyball professional.