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Grit Boettcher Grit Boettcher (; born 10 August 1938) is a German actress. Early life In 1938, Boettcher was born in Berlin, Germany. Career Boettcher is an actress in various films on German TV and in stage productions. Boettcher is sometimes credited i ...

(born 1938), German actress *

Grit Breuer Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 × 100 m relay, and 4 × 400 m relay events. She has received injuri ...

(born 1972), German athlete *

Grit Haid Grit Haid (born Margarete Haid, 14 March 1900 – 13 August 1938) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Kapczynski & Richardson p.60 She was the younger sister of the actress Liane Haid. She died in a plane crash in 1938. Selected filmography ...

(1900–1938), Austrian stage and film actress *

Grit Hammer Grit Hammer, née Haupt (born 4 June 1966 in Saalfeld, Bezirk Gera) is a retired German shot putter. She represented the sports club SC Motor Jena, and won the silver medal at the East German championships in 1987. She put the shot 20.72 metres ...

(born 1966), German shot putter *

Grit Hegesa Grit Hegesa (31 December 1891 – 17 January 1972) was a German dancer and silent film actress. She appeared in seventeen films. She was born Caroline Margaretha Schmidt. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * ''Whitechapel'' (1920) * '' T ...

(1891–1972), German dancer and silent film actress *

Grit Jurack Grit Jurack (born 22 October 1977) is a German former handball player, who played on the German women's national team. She was Top Scorer in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and included on the All-Star Team. and also obtained bronze ...

(born 1977), German handball player *

Grit Lehmann Grit Lehmann (born 1 August 1976) is a German former professional volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's c ...

(born 1976), volleyball player *

Grit Müller Grit Müller (born 6 June 1972) is a retired German swimmer who won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships and a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 1989 European Aquatics Championships T ...

(born 1972), German swimmer *

Grit Naumann Grit Naumann (born ) is a German retired volleyball player. She was part of the East Germany women's national volleyball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul (her elder sister Heike was also a member of that squad), and the Germany women ...

(born 1966), German volleyball player *

Grit Šadeiko Grit Šadeiko (born 29 July 1989) is an Estonian heptathlete. She won the heptathlon at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. Personal life Šadeiko's younger sister Grete Grete or Grethe is a feminine given name, a derivate of Marg ...

(born 1989), Estonian heptathlete *

Grit Slaby Grit Slaby (born 18 May 1965) is a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially brand ...

(born 1965), German swimmer

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