Cécile Sophie Pieper (born 31 August 1994) is a German
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player. She represented her country at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
.
, Pieper was studying for a master's degree at the
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...
, where she played on the
Connecticut Huskies field hockey
The UConn Huskies field hockey team represents the University of Connecticut in the sport of field hockey in the NCAA Division I level Big East Conference. The team plays at the George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex, and is coached by Nancy St ...
team.
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1994 births
Living people
German female field hockey players
German female indoor hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for Germany
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Heidelberg
Female field hockey midfielders
UConn Huskies field hockey players
Mannheimer HC players
HGC (field hockey) players
German expatriate field hockey players
21st-century German women
2018 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players
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