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.

Heike Lätzsch
Personal information
Born (1973-12-19) 19 December 1973
Braunschweig, Lower
Saxony
, West Germany
Playing position Striker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Braunschweiger THC
0000–1993 Eintracht Braunschweig
1993–1998 RTHC Bayer Leverkusen
1998– Rot-Weiss Köln
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–2004 Germany 250 (41)

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

  1. "Nationalspieler: Damen" (in German). hockey.de. Retrieved 10 July 2015.




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