Paul Wettlaufer (born January 28, 1978) is a Canadian

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player. Wettlaufer earned his first international cap for the Men's National Team in 1998 against

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. Paul grew up in the

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, where he attended

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(1991–1996) and played field hockey for the West Vancouver Field Hockey Club.

International senior competitions

* 1998 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, Kuala Lumpur (not ranked) * 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament, Kuala Lumpur (4th) * 1999 –

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, Winnipeg (1st) * 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament, Kuala Lumpur (7th) * 2000 – Americas Cup, Cuba (2nd) * 2000 –

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, Sydney (10th) * 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th) * 2002 –

, Manchester (6th) * 2003 –

, Santo Domingo (2nd) * 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Madrid (11th) * 2004 – Pan Am Cup, London (2nd) * 2006 –

, Melbourne (9th) * 2006 –

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, Changzhou (10th) * 2007 –

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(1st) * 2008 –

, Beijing (10th)

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* 1978 births Living people Canadian male field hockey players Canadian people of German descent Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Canada Sportspeople from Calgary Sportspeople from North Vancouver Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in field hockey West Vancouver Field Hockey Club players Field hockey players at the 1999 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2003 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Male indoor hockey players 2007 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub