Maike Friedrichsen

German volleyball and beach volleyball player Maike Friedrichsen tied ninth with Danja Müsch at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Friedrichsen started playing beach volleyball in 1994. She also played indoor volleyball with PSV Eutin (1984-87), SW Elmschenhagen (1987-89), TV Hörde (1989-90), CJD Feuerbach (1990-91), 1. VC Schwerte (1991-93), USC Münster (1993-96), and TV Fischbek (1996-99). In 1991, she won the German national title with Feuerbach and in 1996 with Münster. In 1994 and 1996 she also won the CEV Cup with Münster.

With the German national team, Friedrichsen won 72 international caps and participated in the 1990 World Championships. In 1997, 1999, and 2001, she also won the German beach volleyball national titles with Müsch. Friedrichsen’s best world ranking was #5.

Friedrichsen later married her team-mate Markus Dieckmann and thus became the sister-in-law of his twin brother Christoph and the daughter-in-law of the former Mayor of Bonn, Bärbel Dieckmann, and the former North Rhine Westfalian Justice and Finance Minister, Jochen Dieckmann.