Heike Lätzsch

Heike Lätzsch
Personal information
Born (1973-12-19) 19 December 1973
Braunschweig, Lower
Saxony, West Germany
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionStriker
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Braunschweiger THC - -
–1993 Eintracht Braunschweig - -
1993–1998 RTHC Bayer Leverkusen - -
1998– Rot-Weiss Köln - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
1990–2004 Germany 250 (41)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensTeam competition
Silver medal – second place1992 BarcelonaTeam competition
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place1998 UtrechtTeam Competition
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place1991 BerlinTeam Competition
Silver medal – second place1997 BerlinTeam Competition
Silver medal – second place2000 AmstelveenTeam Competition
Bronze medal – third place1993 AmstelveenTeam competition
Bronze medal – third place1999 BrisbaneTeam Competition
European Nations Cup
Silver medal – second place1999 CologneTeam Competition
Bronze medal – third place1995 AmstelveenTeam Competition

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.[1]

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.[2]

She is a fully qualified lawyer and a certified data protection officer, and currently works as a data protection consultant and lead of the Cologne office of the company datenschutz süd GmbH.[3]

International senior tournaments

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heike Lätzsch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nationalspieler: Damen" (in German). hockey.de. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ansprechpartner DSN Group" (in German). dsn-group.de. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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