Heike Lätzsch is a former field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 striker from Germany

Germany

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, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team

Germany women's national field hockey team

The Germany women's national field hockey team represents the unified Germany since 1991 in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached for three years by Markus Weise , made history when it surprisingly won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by...

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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 in Athens, Greece.

She made her international debut in 1990 at the age of sixteen at the World Cup in Sydney, Australia. Lätzsch, currently working as a lawyer

Lawyer

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 in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

, is one of the most decorated field hockey players in Germany, having played in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Lätzsch retired after the Athens Games in 2004.

International senior tournaments

• 1990 – World Cup, Sydney (8th place)
• 1991 – European Nations Cup, Brussels (2nd place)
• 1992 – Summer Olympics
  Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  -Group A:-Group B:-Final round:-------------Medal winners:GOLD GERMANY ---- Michael Knauth, Christopher Reitz, Carsten Fischer, Jan-Peter Tewes, Volker Fried, Klaus Michler, Andreas Keller, Michael Metz, Christian Blunck, Sven Meinhardt, Michael Hilgers, Andreas Becker, Stefan Saliger, Stefan...
  
  , Barcelona (2nd place)
• 1994 – World Cup, Dublin (4th place)
• 1995 – European Nations Cup, Amstelveen (3rd place)
• 1995 – Champions Trophy, Mar del Plata (4th place)
• 1995 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Cape Town (3rd place)
• 1996 – Summer Olympics
  Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The Olympic Field Hockey Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, was held in the Morris Brown College Stadium and Panther Stadium The event ran from Saturday July 20 to Friday August 2, 1996.-Men's tournament:GOLD Netherlands...
  
  , Atlanta (6th place)
• 1997 – Champions Trophy, Berlin (2nd place)
• 1998 – World Cup
  1998 Women's Hockey World Cup
  The 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from May 20 to May 31, 1998 in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. The Australia won its second world title after defeating Netherlands 3–2 in the final...
  
  , Utrecht (3rd place)
• 1999 – Champions Trophy
  1999 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  The sixth edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place from Thursday 10 June until Saturday 19 June 1999 in the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, Queensland. Participating nations were: titleholders and hosting nation Australia, Argentina, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Korea...
  
  , Brisbane (3rd place)
• 1999 – European Nations Cup, Cologne (2nd place)
• 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milton Keynes (3rd place)
• 2000 – Champions Trophy
  2000 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  The 8th edition of the Women's Hockey Champions Trophy took place from Saturday May 27 until Saturday June 3, 2000 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen. Participating nations were titleholders Australia, Argentina, Germany, hosting nation The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Africa...
  
  , Amstelveen (2nd place)
• 2000 – Summer Olympics
  Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's Tournament:* See also: Men's Hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics -Group A:-Group B:September 16, 2000September 17, 2000September 17, 2000September 19, 2000September 19, 2000September 19, 2000September 21, 2000...
  
  , Sydney (7th place)
• 2002 – World Cup
  2002 Women's Hockey World Cup
  The 2002 Hockey World Cup for women is the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was held from November 24 to December 8, 2002.Argentina won its first ever World Championship after beating Netherlands 1–1 in penalty stroke...
  
  , Perth (7th place)
• 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Auckland (4th 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 (1st place)