Markku Slawyk (born 8 May 1962) is a former

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 ...

player from

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

, who was a member of the West German team that won the silver medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

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. After his career, he became a field hockey coach in his native country.

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* 1962 births Living people German male field hockey players German field hockey coaches Olympic field hockey players of West Germany Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for West Germany 20th-century German people {{Germany-fieldhockey-bio-stub