Mandy Haase (born 25 June 1982, in

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) is a

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defender from

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

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. She made her debut for the national squad on 18 May 2003 in a friendly match against the

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(3-0).

International senior tournaments

* 2003 –

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, Barcelona (third place) * 2004 – Olympic qualifier, Auckland (fourth place) * 2004 –

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, Athens (first place) * 2005 –

, Dublin (second place) * 2005 – Champions Trophy, Canberra (fifth place) * 2006 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (first place) * 2006 –

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, Madrid (eighth place) * 2007 –

, Manchester (first place) * 2008 – Champions Trophy, Mönchengladbach (second place) * 2008 –

, Beijing (fourth place) * 2012 –

, London (seventh place)

References

Profile on Hockey Olympica

External links

* 1982 births Living people German female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Germany Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Leipzig Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 21st-century German women {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub