Heike Lätzsch
Heike Wedekind née Lätzsch (born 19 December 1973 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) is a former field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
19 December 1973 Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Braunschweiger THC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1993 | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1998 | RTHC Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998– | Rot-Weiss Köln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–2004 | Germany | 250 | (41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
She made her international debut in 1990 at the age of sixteen at the World Cup in Sydney, Australia. After having played in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, Lätzsch retired in 2004, after the Athens Games. In total, she represented Germany in 250 matches.[1]
International senior tournaments
- 1990 – World Cup, Sydney (8th place)
- 1991 – European Nations Cup, Brussels (2nd place)
- 1992 – Summer Olympics, Barcelona (2nd place)
- 1994 – World Cup, Dublin (4th place)
- 1995 – European Nations Cup, Amstelveen (3rd place)
- 1995 – Champions Trophy, Mar del Plata (4th place)
- 1995 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Cape Town (3rd place)
- 1996 – Summer Olympics, Atlanta (6th place)
- 1997 – Champions Trophy, Berlin (2nd place)
- 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht (3rd place)
- 1999 – Champions Trophy, Brisbane (3rd place)
- 1999 – European Nations Cup, Cologne (2nd place)
- 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milton Keynes (3rd place)
- 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place)
- 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (7th place)
- 2002 – World Cup, Perth (7th place)
- 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Auckland (4th place)
- 2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (1st place)
References
- "Nationalspieler: Damen" (in German). hockey.de. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.