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Markus Weise (born 19 December 1962 in
Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...
) is a German
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 ...
coach. Since 6 November 2006, he has been Head Coach of the Germany national field hockey team. Previous to this role, he was the coach of the
Germany women's national field hockey team The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany since 1991. The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by defeating the Netherlands in the final. Tournament records Team Curr ...
and with a variety of (national) teams of the German National Hockey Federation, including being assistant coach to Bernhard Peters in the Gold medal success of the
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup, a men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Germany won their first title after defeating Australia 2–1 ...
in
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. As a club coach in the German Bundesliga (1st Division), he was the head coach for many years with TSV
Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...
. His greatest success was winning the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the
Germany women's national field hockey team The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany since 1991. The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by defeating the Netherlands in the final. Tournament records Team Curr ...
, thus becoming the first coach in the history of field hockey to win an olympic gold medal in both the Men's as well as the Women's competition. His German side defeated Spain 1–0 to win the 2008 Olympic Men's Hockey Final.


Awards

* Sportsperson of the year(Germany) **2004: As Coach of the
Germany women's national field hockey team The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany since 1991. The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by defeating the Netherlands in the final. Tournament records Team Curr ...
: Winner 2004 Olympic Tournament in Athens **2008: As Coach of the Germany national field hockey team: Winner 2008 Olympic Tournament in Beijing


References


2008 Olympic German Men's National Team


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Information and Biography

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Deutscher Hockey-Bund
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weise, Markus 1962 births Living people German field hockey coaches Sportspeople from Mannheim