Marion Rodewald (born 24 December 1976 in Mülheim an der Ruhr,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

) 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 ...

defender from

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

International senior tournaments

* 1996 – Indoor European Nations Cup, Glasgow (1st place) * 1997 – Champions Trophy, Berlin (2nd place) * 1998 –

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, Utrecht (3rd place) * 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 (fi ...

, Cologne (2nd place) * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milon Keynes (3rd place) * 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place) * 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (7th place) * 2002 –

, Perth (7th place) * 2003 – Champions Challenge, Catania (1st place) * 2003 –

, Barcelona (3rd place) * 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Auckland (4th place) * 2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (1st place) * 2004 – Champions Trophy, Rosario (2nd place) * 2005 – Champions Trophy, Canberra (5th place) * 2006 –

, Madrid (8th place) * 2007 –

, Manchester (1st place) * 2008 – Champions Trophy, Mönchengladbach (2nd place) * 2008 – Summer Olympics, Beijing (4th place)

References

Profile on Hockey Olympica

Personal website

External links

* 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Mülheim German female field hockey players German female indoor hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century German women 21st-century German women 2007 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub