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Markus Weise (born 19 December 1962 in
2008 Olympic German Men's National Team
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Deutscher Hockey-Bund
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weise, Markus 1962 births Living people German field hockey coaches Sportspeople from Mannheim
Markus Weise (born 19 December 1962 in Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...
) is a German field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
coach. Since 6 November 2006, he has been Head Coach of the Germany national field hockey team. Previous to this role, he was the coach of the Germany women's national field hockey team
The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany since 1991.
The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by defeating the Netherlands in the final.
Tournament records
Team Curr ...
and with a variety of (national) teams of the German National Hockey Federation, including being assistant coach to Bernhard Peters in the Gold medal success of the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup, a men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Germany won their first title after defeating Australia 2–1 ...
in Malaysia
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.
As a club coach in the German Bundesliga (1st Division), he was the head coach for many years with TSV Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...
.
His greatest success was winning the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in Athens with the Germany women's national field hockey team
The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany since 1991.
The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by defeating the Netherlands in the final.
Tournament records
Team Curr ...
, thus becoming the first coach in the history of field hockey to win an olympic gold medal in both the Men's as well as the Women's competition. His German side defeated Spain 1–0 to win the 2008 Olympic Men's Hockey Final.
Awards
* Sportsperson of the year(Germany) **2004: As Coach of theGermany women's national field hockey team
The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany since 1991.
The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by defeating the Netherlands in the final.
Tournament records
Team Curr ...
: Winner 2004 Olympic Tournament in Athens
**2008: As Coach of the Germany national field hockey team: Winner 2008 Olympic Tournament in Beijing
References
2008 Olympic German Men's National Team
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weise, Markus 1962 births Living people German field hockey coaches Sportspeople from Mannheim