Heike Lätzsch

Heike Lätzsch
Personal information
Born (1973-12-19) 19 December 1973 (age 51)
Braunschweig, Lower
Saxony, West Germany
Playing position Striker
Senior career
Years Team
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 place 2004 Athens Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Utrecht Team Competition
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 1991 Berlin Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1997 Berlin Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 2000 Amstelveen Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Amstelveen Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Brisbane Team Competition
European Nations Cup
Silver medal – second place 1999 Cologne Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Amstelveen Team 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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