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)
Medal record
Women's Field Hockey
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team Competition
1992 Barcelona Team Competition
World Cup
1998 Utrecht Team Competition
Champions Trophy
1991 Berlin Team Competition
1997 Berlin Team Competition
2000 Amstelveen Team Competition
1993 AmstelveenTeam Competition
1999 Brisbane Team Competition
European Nations Cup
1999 CologneTeam Competition
1995 AmstelveenTeam Competition

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




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