Christoph Bechmann is a field hockey

Field hockey

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 player from Germany

Germany

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, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 in Athens, Greece.

The striker from Club an der Alster (Hamburg

Hamburg

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), whose nickname

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d Duffi or Bechi, played in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He has captained the German National Team and was a member of the Team of the Year in Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach

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, Germany. Bechmann also played one saison for Dutch club Venlo

Venlo

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.

International Senior Tournaments

• 1994 – 8th World Cup
  1994 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 1994 Hockey World Cup for men held from November 23 to December 4, 1994. Pakistan defeated the Netherlands 1–1 to lift the trophy.-Pool A:-Pool B:-Eleventh and twelfth place classification:-Ninth and tenth place classification:...
  
  , Sydney (4th place)
• 1995 – European Nations Cup, Dublin (1st place)
• 1995 – Champions Trophy
  1995 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  The 1995 Men's Champions Trophy took place from September 23 to October 1, 1995 in the Olympia Stadium in Berlin, Germany. Participating nations were: Australia, England, hosting nation Germany, India, Netherlands, and titleholders Pakistan.-Pool:...
  
  , Berlin (1st place)
• 1996 – Summer Olympics, Atlanta (4th place)
• 1996 – Champions Trophy
  1996 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  The 1996 Men's Champions Trophy took place from December 7 to December 15, 1996 in the newly build Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Madras , India...
  
  , Madras (3rd place)
• 1997 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Lievin (1st place)
• 1997 – Champions Trophy
  1997 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  The 1997 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy took place from 11 October to 19 October 1997 in the Pines Hockey Stadium in Adelaide, Australia. It was the toughest tournament of the year, and a prelude to the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup in Utrecht next year...
  
  , Adelaide (1st place)
• 1998 – 9th World Cup
  1998 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 9th Hockey World Cup held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The competition was held from June 20 — July 1. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to...
  
  , Utrecht (3rd place)
• 1999 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Slagelse (1st place)
• 1999 – European Nations Cup, Padua (1st place)
• 2000 – Champions Trophy
  2000 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  The 2000 Men's Champions Trophy took place from May 27 to June 4, 2000 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Participating nations were: titleholders Australia, Germany, Great Britain, hosting nation Netherlands, Korea and Spain...
  
  , Amstelveen (2nd place)
• 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (5th place)
• 2002 – 10th World Cup
  2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 2002 Hockey World Cup for men is the 10th tournament of the Hockey World Cup, held from February 24 to March 9, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
  
  , Kuala Lumpur (1st place)
• 2002 – Champions Trophy
  2002 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  The 2002 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy took place at the Rot Weiss Köln Hockey Club in Cologne, Germany. The event started on August 31 and ended on September 8, 2002...
  
  , Cologne (2nd place)
• 2003 – European Nations Cup, Barcelona (1st place)
• 2004 – Summer Olympics
  Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Field Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.-Men's...
  
  , Athens (3rd place)
• 2005 – World Games, Duisburg (1st place)
• 2006 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Eindhoven (1st place)