Christina Rost

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Medal record
Competitor for  East Germany
Women’s Handball
Olympic Games
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Team

Christina Rost (born August 14, 1952) is a German former women's team handball player. She had her biggest success with the national team of East Germany, winning the women's world cup in 1975, the Olympic silver medal in 1976 in Montreal and, four years later, the Olympic bronze medal in Moscow.

Christina Rost played for SC Leipzig nationally. She played 170 international matches for East Germany. She is married to Peter Rost, another team handball player and Olympic gold medalist. Their son Frank did not follow in the tradition; he is a professional football goalkeeper for German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV (2007).