Heike Lätzsch

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Olympic medal record
Women's field hockey
Silver	Barcelona 1992	Team competition
Gold	Athens 2004	Team competition

Heike 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.

She made her international debut in 1990 at the age of sixteen at the World Cup in Sydney, Australia. Lätzsch, working as a lawyer in Cologne, is one of the most decorated field hockey players in Germany, having played in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Lätzsch retired after the Athens Games in 2004.

[edit] 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)

[edit] References

• Profile on Hockey Olympica