Christoph Bechmann (born 23 November 1971 in Speyer am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz) 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.[1]

Christoph Bechmann
Personal information
Born (1971-11-23) 23 November 1971 (age 54)
Sport
SportField hockey
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
1975–1985 Speyer - -
1985–1992 Frankenthal - -
1992–1994 Dürkheim - -
1994–1999 Gladbach - -
1999–2000 Harvestehude - -
2002–2005 Club an der Alster - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
1995–2004 Germany 124 -
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2002 Kuala LumpurTeam
Bronze medal – third place1998 UtrechtTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place1995 BerlinTeam
Gold medal – first place1997 AdelaideTeam
Silver medal – second place2000 AmstelveenTeam
Silver medal – second place2002 CologneTeam
Bronze medal – third place1996 MadrasTeam

The striker from Club an der Alster (Hamburg), whose nicknamed 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, Germany.

International senior tournaments

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He played from 1994 until 2004, 124 matches for the Germany national team in outdoor competitions.[2]

References

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  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christoph Bechmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
  2. "Christoph Bechmann". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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