Brit Wiedemann

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameBrit•Wiedemann (-Sonnenbichler)
Used nameBrit•Wiedemann
Born30 January 1967 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (GER)
Measurements186 cm / 72 kg
AffiliationsBerliner TSC, Berlin (GER)
NOC East Germany

Biography

Brit Wiedemann was on the East German volleyball team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics that won the fifth-place match against Brazil 3-1. She was silver medallist at the 1989 European Championships and bronze medallist in 1991 (representing re-unified Germany). In total, Wiedemann won several international caps with East Germany and re-unified Germany.

She played for Berliner TSC (until 1990), and then Creglingen, CJD Feuerbach, and MTV Stuttgart after re-unification. Wiedemann married volleyball coach Rudi Sonnenbichler.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball (Volleyball) GDR Brit Wiedemann
Volleyball, Women (Olympic) East Germany 5

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