Annegret Brießmann

Annegret Brießmann (born 28 July 1972) is a 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player, who plays for the Frankfurt Mainhatten Skywheelers [de].

President Joachim Gauck awarded the team Germany's highest sporting honour, the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf).

As a teenager, she played soccer for SKG Ober-Beerbach Fußball, and participated in track and field events with TSV Eschollbrücken.

[4] She went back to track and field athletics, winning the German national championship in the shot put with a throw of 16.70 metres (54.8 ft).

[9] They defeated the Australians 44–58 in front of a crowd of over 12,000 at the North Greenwich Arena to win the gold medal,[7] the first that Germany had won in women's wheelchair basketball in 28 years.