Michael Green (field hockey)
Encyclopedia
Michael Green is a former field hockey
player from Germany
, who played for Harvestehuder THC in Hamburg
. The defender competed at two Summer Olympics. Green is working as a surgeon, and played more than 260 international matches for the German field hockey squad.
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...
player from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, who played for Harvestehuder THC in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. The defender competed at two Summer Olympics. Green is working as a surgeon, and played more than 260 international matches for the German field hockey squad.
List of Honours
- 1992 – Best Player at the 1992 Junior European Championship
- 1996 – Best Player in the German National League
- 1996 – Sportsman of Hamburg
- 1999 – Best Player in the German National League
- 2002 – FIH Men's Player of the Year
International Senior Tournaments
- 1993 – Champions Trophy1993 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 1993 Men's Champions Trophy took place from July 3 to July 11, 1993 in the Tun Razak Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Participating nations were: Australia, titleholders Germany, hosting nation Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, and Spain....
, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place) - 1994 – Champions Trophy1994 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 1994 Men's Champions Trophy took place from March 17 to March 25, 1994 in the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Six nations took part: defending champions Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, host nation Pakistan, and Spain.-Pool:...
, Lahore (2nd place) - 1994 – World Cup1994 Men's Hockey World CupThe 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 Trophy1995 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 – 1996 Summer Olympics1996 Summer OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
, Atlanta (4th place) - 1996 – Champions Trophy1996 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 – Champions Trophy1997 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 – World Cup1998 Men's Hockey World CupThe 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) - 1998 – Champions Trophy1998 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 1998 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy took place from 31 October to 8 November 1998 in the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Participating nations were Australia, titleholders Germany, Netherlands, hosting nation Pakistan, Korea and Spain.-Pool:...
, Lahore (6th place) - 1999 – European Nations Cup, Padova (1st place)
- 2000 – Champions Trophy2000 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 – 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, Sydney (5th place) - 2001 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Luzern (1st place)
- 2001 – Champions Trophy2001 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy has been reorganised to take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands on the scheduled dates of November 3 to November 11, 2001. The event will take place at HC Rotterdam’s brand new NLG 24 million, 8,000-seating facility, which opened in August and will be the first...
, Rotterdam (1st place) - 2002 – World Cup2002 Men's Hockey World CupThe 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) - 2003 – European Nations Cup, Barcelona (1st place)