Christina Rost
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing East Germany | ||
| Women's handball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1976 Montreal | Team | |
| 1980 Moscow | Team | |
| IHF World Championship | ||
| 1975 Soviet Union | ||
Christina Rost (née Mäbert, born 14 August 1952 in Chemnitz, East Germany) is a German former women's team handball player. She had her biggest success with the national team of East Germany, winning the 1975 World Championship in 1975, the Olympic silver medal in 1976 in Montreal and, four years later, the Olympic bronze medal in Moscow.[1]
Rost played for SC Leipzig nationally, where she won 6 national chaampionships[2] and the EHF Champions Cup in 1973-74. She played 170 international matches for East Germany, scoring 161 goals.
In 1976 and 1979 she was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze[3][4] and in 1984 in silver.[5]
Private
She is married to Peter Rost, another team handball player and Olympic gold medalist. Their son Frank did not follow in the tradition; he was a professional football goalkeeper for MLS team New York Red Bulls (2011).[6]
References
- ^ Olympic results
- ^ Volker Kluge. "Biographische Datenbanken - Rost, Christina". bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de (in German). Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Von der Ehrung für die Olympiamannschaft der DDR. Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen. Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Bronze" (PDF). staatsbibliothek-berlin.de (in German). Neues Deutschland. 10 September 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ Berliner Zeitung, 2 March 1979, P. 4
- ^ Neues Deutschland, 1./2. September 1984, P. 4
- ^ "Frank Rost: Immer unbequem - oft unbezwingbar" (in German). NDR. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
External links
- Christina Rost at Munzinger Archiv (German)