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Playing position
  
Striker

1998–
  
Rot-Weiss Koln

Years
  
Team

1990–2004
  
Germany


0000–1993
  
Eintracht Braunschweig

Name
  
Heike Latzsch

1993–1998
  
RTHC Bayer Leverkusen

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Born
  
19 December 1973 (age 50) Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, West Germany (
1973-12-19
)

Heike Wedekind née Lätzsch (born December 19, 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.

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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.

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

    Heike Lätzsch Wikipedia
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