Kornelia Kunisch

Kornelia Kunisch
Kornelia Kunisch
Personal information
Born	February 1, 1948 (age 77); Lübben, East Germany
Nationality	German
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Youth career
	Team
	TSG Calbe
1973-1975	SC Magdeburg
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1975-1990	SC Magdeburg
1990-1997	TuS Eintracht Minden
1997-2001	VT Bückeburg
2001-?	Eintracht Oberlübbe
National team
Years	Team
–	East Germany
Teams managed
1996	TuS Eintracht Minden (player-coach)
1997-1998	TuS Eintracht Minden
1998-2003	GWD Minden (youth coach)
Medal record
Women's handball
IHF World Championship

Kornelia Kunisch (née Elbe, born 17 October 1959 in Lübben, East Germany) is a former East German handball player who won the 1978 World Championship. She also competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, where she won bronze medals.^[3]^[4]

Career

Kunisch started playing handball at TSG Calbe before joining SC Magdeburg in 1973. In 1981 she won the DDR-Championship with the club. In 1983 she was named Handballer of the Year in DDR.^[5] In the 1980 and 1989 seasons she was the top scorer in the DDR-Oberliga.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall she joined TuS Eintracht Minden. In 1997 she stopped as a top player and joined VT Bückeburg in the Regionalliga. In 2001 she was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga with the team.

In 1984 she was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.^[6]

Post playing career

Kunisch is educated as a physiotherapist. She has coached various youth teams at GWD Minden.^[2]

Private

Her son, Christopher, is also a handball player for GWD Minden.^[7]

References

^ M. Wagner (2009). "Olympia der Höhepunkt" (in German) (31 ed.). Handballwoche. p. 20.
^ ^a ^b "C-Jungen eilen von Sieg zu Sieg". gwd-online.de (in German). GWD Minden. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kornelia Kunisch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 323f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
^ ""Bester Handballer" / "Beste Handballerin" (DDR)". ddr-handball.de (in German). Handball in der DDR. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^ Neues Deutschland, 1./2. September 1984, P. 4
^ TSV GWD Minden II at dhb.de (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived (Date missing))

External links

profile

[1] M. Wagner (2009). "Olympia der Höhepunkt" (in German) (31 ed.). Handballwoche. p. 20.

[GWDMINDEN-2] "C-Jungen eilen von Sieg zu Sieg". gwd-online.de (in German). GWD Minden. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[SR_profile-3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kornelia Kunisch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

[4] Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 323f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.

[5] ""Bester Handballer" / "Beste Handballerin" (DDR)". ddr-handball.de (in German). Handball in der DDR. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[6] Neues Deutschland, 1./2. September 1984, P. 4

[7] TSV GWD Minden II at dhb.de (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived (Date missing))

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