Franziska ("Franzi") Gude (born 19 March 1976 in

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

) is a

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 ...

midfielder from

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, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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International Senior Tournaments

* 1999 – Champions Trophy, Brisbane (3rd place) * 1999 –

European Nations Cup European Nations Cup may refer to: *UEFA European Championship, formerly known as European Nations' Cup *Europcar Cup, a European Tour golf tournament *European Nations Cup (golf), a European Ladies Tour golf tournament *European Nations Cup (field ...

, Cologne (2nd place) * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milon Keynes (3rd place) * 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place) * 2000 –

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, Sydney (7th place) * 2002 – European Indoor Nations Cup, France (1st place) * 2002 –

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, Perth (7th place) * 2003 – World Indoor Nations Cup, Leipzig (1st place) * 2003 – Champions Challenge, Catania (1st place) * 2003 –

, Barcelona (3rd place) * 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Auckland (4th place) * 2004 –

, Athens (1st place)

References

Profile on Hockey OlympicaPersonal website

External links

* 1976 births Living people German female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Göttingen 21st-century German women {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub