Christopher Weselek (born 27 July 1981 in

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) is a rugby coach and retired

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player, having last played for the

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in the

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and the German national rugby union team. He is currently one of the successful rugby coaches in Germany. He plays rugby since 1991,Christopher Weselek profile at totalrugby.de
accessed: 4 March 2010 when he joined the RG Heidelberg through the ''English Institute'' in

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. He played for the ''RG'' throughout his career, with the exception of spending a year in

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and playing for

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there.Christopher Weselek
at the Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 4 March 2010 With RGH Weselek won twice the German 15er side championship, 4 times the German 7er side Championship in one time the German Pokal. Weselek originally retired from the German national team after the Netherlands game on 26 April 2008, his 25th international, but returned to the struggling German side for the game against Portugal on 27 February 2010. Weselek has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the

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and 2009 Hannover Sevens and the

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IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens
Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 Weselek has 30 international 15er side caps and played over 20 international 7er side tournaments. Since 2012 he is head coach of the Rudergesellschaft Heidelberg. Under his coaching the RGH won the German 7er side championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Weselek also coached the German unter 19 Team during the European championship in Portugal in 2015 where Germany ended up 5th place.

Honours

Club

* German rugby union championship ** Champions: 2006, 2007 ** Runners up: 2008 * German rugby union cup ** Winners: 2004

National team

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- Division 2 ** Champions:

Stats

Christopher Weselek's personal statistics in club and international rugby:

Club

* ''As of 23 December 2010''

National team

European Nations Cup

Friendlies & other competitions

* ''As of 21 March 2010''

References

External links

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at scrum.com *
Christopher Weselek
at totalrugby.de *
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