Timo Weß (born 2 July 1982) 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 shootin ...

player from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

, and gold at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was born in

Moers Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel. History Known earliest from 1186, the county of Mo ...

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 inhab ...

. 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

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

. 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 Hockey- und Tennisclub Uhlenhorst e.V. Mülheim, also known as HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim, is a German professional field hockey club based in Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. They are one of the most successful German field hockey clubs having won n ...

. 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 – European Nations Cup, Barcelona (1st place) * 2004 –

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

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