Matthias Witthaus

Matthias Witthaus (born 11 October 1982 in Oberhausen) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and again at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1][2] He played a total of 335 caps for the national team from 1999 until 2012, with 335 caps he is the most capped German player of all time.^[3]

Matthias Witthaus

Personal information
Born	(1982-10-11) 11 October 1982 (age 41) Oberhausen, West Germany
Playing position	Forward
Senior career
Years	Team
	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
	Atlètic Terrassa
	Crefeld
2008–2009	Atlètic Terrassa
2009–2010	Real Club de Polo
	Mannheim
	Hamburger Polo Club
National team
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)
1999–2012	Germany	335
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's field hockey Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team 2004 Athens Team World Cup 2002 Kuala Lumpur Team 2006 Mönchengladbach Team 2010 New Delhi Team EuroHockey Championship 2011 Gladbach Team Champions Trophy 2001 Rotterdam Team 2007 Kuala Lumpur Team 2000 Amstelveen Team 2002 Cologne Team 2006 Terrassa Team Men's indoor field hockey Indoor World Cup 2003 Leipzig Team 2011 Poznan Team

International Senior Tournaments

• 1999 – European Nations Cup, Padua (1st place)
• 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place)
• 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (5th place)
• 2001 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Luzern(1st place)
• 2001 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (1st place)
• 2002 – 10th World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)
• 2002 – Champions Trophy, Cologne (2nd place)
• 2003 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Santander (1st place)
• 2003 – 1st World Indoor Cup, Leipzig (1st place)
• 2003 – European Nations Cup, Barcelona (1st place)
• 2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (3rd place)
• 2005 – European Nations Cup, Leipzig (3rd place)
• 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (4th place)
• 2006 – Champions Trophy, Terrassa (2nd place)
• 2006 – 11th World Cup, Mönchengladbach (1st place)
• 2007 – European Nations Cup, Manchester (4th place)
• 2007 – Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)
• 2008 – Summer Olympics, Beijing (1st place)
• 2012 – Summer Olympics, London (1st place)

References

2. "London 2012 hockey men Results - Olympic hockey".
3. "Nationalspieler: Herren". hockey.de (in German). Retrieved 18 November 2018.

External links

• Matthias Witthaus at the International Hockey Federation 
• Matthias Witthaus at Olympedia 
• Matthias Witthaus at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)