Ute Kostrzewa (later Meyer, born 27 December 1961) is a German former

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 court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. Kostrzewa was born in

Eilenburg Eilenburg (; , ) is a town in Germany. It lies in the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony, approximately 20 km northeast of the city of Leipzig. Geography Eilenburg lies at the banks of the river Mulde at the southwestern edge of the D� ...

. In 1980, Kostrzewa was part of the East German team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches.

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* 1961 births Living people People from Eilenburg Sportspeople from Bezirk Leipzig German women's volleyball players Volleyball players from Saxony Olympic volleyball players for East Germany Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze 20th-century German sportswomen SC Leipzig sportspeople East German women's volleyball players {{Germany-volleyball-bio-stub