Timo Weß (born 2 July 1982) 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 gold at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was born in

Moers Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic Dutch language, Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German List of cities and towns in Germany, city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel (d ...

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

. The defender, who played for German club Crefelder HTC, made his international senior debut for the national team on February 26, 2001 in a friendly against India in

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. As of December 18, 2005, Weß earned 137 caps for his native country, in which he scored 13 goals. Previously he played for HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim. Since the Athens Olympics he was the captain of the Men's National Team. At the end of his international career, he had earned 252 caps.

International senior tournaments

* 2002 – 10th World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (1st place) * 2002 – Champions Trophy, Cologne (2nd place) * 2003 –

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, Barcelona (1st place) * 2004 –

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, 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) * 2008 – Summer Olympics, Beijing (1st place) * 2012 – Summer Olympics, London (1st place)

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Markus Wessel / WDR.de 1982 births Living people People from Moers Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) German male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Olympic field hockey players for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany 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 Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim players Rot-Weiss Köln players 21st-century German people {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub