Tibor Weißenborn (born 20 March 1981 in

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) is a

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player from

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, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the

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and the gold medal at the

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Olympic results
/ref> He was also a member of both the teams that won the 10th World Cup in Malaysia in 2002, and 11th World Cup in Germany in 2006.

International senior tournaments

* 1999 –

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, Padua (1st place) * 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place) * 2000 –

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, Sydney (5th place) * 2001 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Luzern (1st place) * 2001 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (1st place) * 2002 – 10th World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (1st place) * 2002 – Champions Trophy, Cologne (2nd place) * 2003 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Santander (1st place) * 2003 – 1st World Indoor Cup, Leipzig (1st place) * 2003 –

, Barcelona (1st place) * 2004 –

, Athens (3rd place) * 2005 –

, Leipzig (3rd place) * 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (4th place) * 2006 – Champions Trophy, Terrassa (2nd place) * 2006 – 11th World Cup, Mönchengladbach (1st place) * 2007 –

, Manchester (4th place) * 2007 – Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)

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* 1981 births Living people German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Berlin Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics HC Bloemendaal players Rot-Weiss Köln players Expatriate field hockey players German expatriates in the Netherlands {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub