Eduard Thelen (born 7 September 1946) is a former
field hockey
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player from
Germany
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, who was a member of the West-German team that defeated
Pakistan
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in the final of the
1972 Summer Olympics
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in
Munich
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. During his active career he played for Rot-Weiss Koeln
winning the German national title three times.
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1946 births
Living people
German male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for West Germany
Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
20th-century German people
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