Katrin Krüger

Katrin Krüger is a former East German handball player who is a world champion from the 1978 World Women's Handball Championship. She also competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
In 1980 she won the bronze medal with the East German team. She played all five matches and scored eleven goals.
At club level she played for ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder. In the 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1983 seasons she was the top scorer in the DDR-Oberliga.

Acknowledgements

In 1981 and 1982 she was named Handballer of the year in East Germany. In 1979 she was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and in 1984 in silver.

Private

She is married to the former rowing European champion Jochen Mietzner and works as a judge at the Amtsgericht. Her daughter Franziska Mietzner is also a handball player.