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Danja Müsch

German beach volleyball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ101867 ↗
Source-derived summary

Danja Müsch (born 14 April 1971 in Kassel) is a female former beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996, 2000, and 2004. Partnering with Beate Bühler, she claimed the gold medal at the 1994 European Championships in Almería, Spain.

After volleyball

Müsch currently works for German TV station Sport1, reporting on volleyball and handball.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Danja Müsch” as german beach volleyball player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 1996, 2000, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-04-14. The account is most persuasive where Danja, Müsch and German can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as german beach volleyball player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q101867. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971, 1996, 2000 and 2004.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Danja Müsch”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Danja Müsch primary sources, Danja Müsch archive and Danja research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Danja Müsch” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.