Niklas Meinert (born 1 May 1981 in

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in the ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

) is a

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midfielder from

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, who played for

Mannheimer HC Mannheimer Hockeyclub 1907 e.V., also known as Mannheimer HC, is a German professional sports club based in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is best known for its field hockey department but it also has tennis and indoor hockey sections. Both the ...

. He made his international senior debut for the Men's National Team on 23 March 2003 in a friendly match against Pakistan in

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. As of 23 March 2008, Meinert earned 109 caps for his native country, in which he scored 16 goals.

International senior tournaments

* 2003 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (6th place) * 2004 – Champions Trophy, Lahore (5th place) * 2005 –

European Nations Cup European Nations Cup may refer to: *UEFA European Championship, formerly known as European Nations' Cup * Europcar Cup, a European Tour golf tournament *European Nations Cup (golf), a European Ladies Tour golf tournament *European Nations Cup (fiel ...

, Leipzig (3rd place) * 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (4th place) * 2006 – 11th World Cup, Mönchengladbach (1st place) * 2007 –

, Manchester (4th place) * 2007 – Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)

External links

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Profile on German Hockey Federation
1981 births Living people German male field hockey players People from Bad Kreuznach Olympic field hockey players of Germany Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate Mannheimer HC players 21st-century German people 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub