Tanja Hart is a retired female volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 player from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, who made her debut for the German Women's National Team

Germany women's national volleyball team

The Germany women's national volleyball team is the national team of Germany. It is governed by the Deutscher Volleyball-Verband .-Managers:-World Championship:* 1982 — 14th place * 1986 — 4th place and 13th testnz...

 in 1995. Standing at 176 cm she represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.

After retiring in 2007 to become a schoolteacher (English, sports) she briefly came back to help Germany at the 2008 Olympic qualification tournament in her home country, which would be her 4th Olympics, but after losing narrowly in the semis she complety retired.

Honours

• 1995 European Championship
  1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship
  The 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Arnhem and Groningen, Netherlands from September 23 to October 1, 1995...
  
   — 4th place
• 1996 Olympic Games
  Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured beach volleyball for the first time as the official Olympic sport.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-External links:*...
  
   — 8th place
• 1998 World Championship
  1998 FIVB Women's World Championship
  The 1998 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB...
  
   — 13th place
• 1999 European Championship
  1999 Women's European Volleyball Championship
  The 1999 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball...
  
   — 4th place
• 2000 Olympic Games
  Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Medal table:-Medal summary:-External links:*...
  
   — 6th place
• 2001 European Championship
  2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship
  The 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball...
  
   — 9th place
• 2002 World Championship
  2002 FIVB Women's World Championship
  The 2002 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB...
  
   — 10th place
• 2003 European Championship — 3rd place
• 2004 Olympic Games
  Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  thumb|right|Indoorthumb|right|BeachVolleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of indoor volleyball held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and beach volleyball held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion; both were located at the Faliro Coastal...
  
   — 9th place
• 2006 World Championship — 11th place