Famous People with Name Birgit

Birgit Anette Olsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Birgit Anette Olsen: is a Danish linguist, associate professor at the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen. She is an expert on Proto-Indo-European and Indo-European languages in general, especially derivational morphology and the history of Armenian. She has also published important articles on linguistic reconstruction and the history of Latin, Greek, Anatolian and Germanic languages. She is married to Jens Elmegård Rasmussen, and her official surname is Rasmussen, but as a linguist she uses her maiden's name Olsen to avoid confusion in references.[1]

Birgit Havenstein            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Birgit Havenstein: is a German flautist and composer. She was born in Berlin, and studied music at the Stadtisches Konservatorium in Berlin and later, music education. At the 1988 Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker she won awards for her Graffiti for flute, cello and harp.[1][2]

Birgit Treiber            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Birgit Treiber: is a former swimmer from the German Democratic Republic, having won two silver medals in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal and a bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. She began her international career in 1975 as 15-year-old aft

Birgit Clarius            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Birgit Clarius: is a retired German heptathlete, best known for her bronze medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships. Her personal best was 6500 points.

Birgit Großhennig            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Birgit Großhennig: is a retired East German athlete. She is better known for her achievements in the long jump, in which she achieved a career best of 7.00 metres in June 1984 in Berlin. This jump is the second longest by a junior athlete (under 20 years old) in history[1] and places her fifth on the German all-time performers list, behind Heike Drechsler, Helga Radtke, Sabine Paetz and Brigitte Wujak.[2] It also secures a place on the all-time top list for senior athletes.[3]