Christine Baitinger (born 2 March 1974 as Christine Beck) is a German football referee and former player.
She played for women's Bundesliga team VfL Sindelfingen in the early 1990s before moving into officiating in 1999.
Joining the local FuÃÂball-Oberliga Baden-Württemberg she refereed Men's football games as well as the 2001 DFB Frauen-Pokal Final between 1. FFC Frankfurt and FFC Flaesheim-Hillen.
Baitinger was appointed to the FIFA list of international referees in 2004 and her first assignment was the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Finland. She followed this with appearances at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.
On 7 March 2007, she refereed the World Cup qualifier game between Japan and Mexico in Tokyo, going on to also referee the first-leg of the UEFA Women's Cup between UmeÃÂ¥ IK and Arsenal.
She was chosen as one of the referees to attend the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China and officiated in two games.