Helga Offen (3 October 1951 – 25 July 2020) was a German

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player. She competed for

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in the

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at the

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. She also won the

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in 1975 and European Champions Cup in 1978 playing for SC Traktor Schwerin.

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* 1951 births 2020 deaths German women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for East Germany Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Schwerin Volleyball players from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Sportspeople from Bezirk Schwerin East German women's volleyball players {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub