Christopher Reitz (born 3 April 1973 in

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as o ...

Hessen Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are ...

) is a German

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

goalkeeper, who represented

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

in the

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

. He is now an

orthopaedic surgeon Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

in Sydney, Australia.

International Senior Tournaments

* 1992 –

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

, Barcelona (1st place) * 1994 – Champions Trophy, Lahore (2nd place) * 1994 –

Hockey World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation, International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup, started in 1971. It is held ev ...

, Sydney (4th place) * 1995 – European Nations Cup, Dublin (1st place) * 1995 – Champions Trophy, Berlin (1st place) * 1996 –

, Atlanta (4th place) * 1996 – Champions Trophy, Madras (3rd place) * 1997 – Champions Trophy, Adelaide (1st place) * 1998 – World Hockey Cup, Utrecht (3rd place) * 1998 – Champions Trophy, Lahore (6th place) * 1999 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Slagelse (1st place) * 1999 – European Nations Cup, Padova (1st place) * 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place) * 2000 –

, Sydney (5th place) * 2001 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (1st place)

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* * * 1973 births Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Living people Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Male field hockey goalkeepers Sportspeople from Frankfurt 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-fieldhockey-bio-stub