Silvia Siefert

{{short description|German handball player (born 1953)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's handball}}

{{MedalSilver| 1976 Montreal |Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalGold| 1975 Soviet Union |}}

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Silvia Siefert (born 19 July 1953) is a former East German handball player, born in Magdeburg, Germany. She is a world champion from the 1975 World Championship. She also competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In 1976 she won the silver medal with the East German team. She played four matches including the final and scored five goals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/silvia-siefert-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022753/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/silvia-siefert-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Silvia Siefert Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-30}} For that she was awarded the DDR Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.{{cite web |url=https://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/zefys/SNP2532889X-19760910-0-4-0-0.pdf |title=Von der Ehrung für die Olympiamannschaft der DDR. Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen. Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Bronze |publisher=Neues Deutschland |website=staatsbibliothek-berlin.de|date=1976-09-10 |page=4 |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=de}}

She also participated in the 1973 World Championship.

At club level she played for SC Magdeburg.