Michael Hilgers 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...

 forward 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 won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

. Four years later, when Barcelona, Spain hosted the Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Men's National Team

Germany national field hockey team

The Germany national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey. The team have won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany...

 that captured the gold medal. Playing club hockey for Gladbacher HTC during his career, he later on became the chief-executive of the Warsteiner HockeyPark

Warsteiner HockeyPark

Warsteiner HockeyPark is a multi-use stadium in Mönchengladbach, Germany. It is currently used mostly for american football and field hockey matches and hosted the 2006 World Hockey Cup...

 in Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....

, which hosted the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2006 Hockey World Cup for men is the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup. It held from September 6 to September 17, 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany....

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