Hannelore Zober

Hannelore Zober
Personal information
Born (1946-11-06)6 November 1946
Leipzig, Allied-occupied Germany
Died 28 June 2026(2026-06-28) (aged 79)
Leipzig, Germany
Nationality German
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior clubs
Years Team
–
 SC Leipzig
National team
Years Team Apps
1966-1980
 East Germany 168
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1976 MontrealTeam
Bronze medal – third place1980 MoscowTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1971 Netherlands
Gold medal – first place1975 Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place1978 Czechoslovakia

Hannelore Zober (6 November 1946 – 28 June 2026) was an East German handball player who won the IHF World Women's Handball Championship three times. She also competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

In 1976 she won the silver medal with the East German team. She played four matches including the final as goalkeeper.

Four years later she won the bronze medal as a member of the East German team. She played all five matches as goalkeeper.

In 1976 and 1979 she was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.[1][2]

At club level she played for SC Leipzig, where she won the DDR-Championship 10 times and the 1966 and 1974 European Champions Cup.

Zober died on 28 June 2026, at the age of 79.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung, 2 March 1979, P. 4
  3. ↑ Sie war die beste Torhüterin der Welt: Handball-Ass Hannelore Zober ist gestorben (in German)
  4. ↑ Hannelore Zober
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