Christian "Büdi" Blunck (born 28 June 1968 in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

) 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 ...

midfield player from

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. He represented the Men's National Team at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain, winning the gold medal and being named the ''Best Player of the Olympic Tournament''. He was also on the side that competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, United States, where they finished fourth. Blunck's mother Greta also played for the German national team. He resigned from the national squad in 1998. He played club hockey in Germany for Harvestehuder THC.

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* 1968 births Living people Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Field hockey players from Hamburg Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Male field hockey midfielders Harvestehuder THC players {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub