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Bianca Margot Weiß (born January 24, 1968 in Mainz , after marriage to Bianca Heinz ) is a former German hockey player and Olympic participant in 1992.

life and career

Bianca Weiß played for the Rüsselsheim RK , with whom she became German youth champion in the hall in 1983 and 1985.

In 1988 Bianca Weiß made her debut in the German national hockey team . At first she was substitute goalkeeper for the long-time German goalkeeper Susanne Wollschläger , after her temporary resignation in 1992, Bianca Weiß took turns in the goal of the national team with Birgit Beyer . In their first major tournament, the 1989 Champions Trophy, Germany took third place. The team finished fourth at the 1994 World Cup in Dublin, as well as in the 1995 Champions League.

After her marriage in 1995 she started as Bianca Heinz, her successor at Rüsselsheimer Tor was Jennifer Lutz .

Bianca Weiß (-Heinz) played a total of 60 international matches from 1988 to 1995, 7 of them indoors.

Awards

In early 1990 she won the title at the European Indoor Championships with the German team. In 1991, the German team won the silver medal at the European Field Hockey Championship after losing to England in the final. The following year, the Spanish hosts were the winners at the Olympic Games in Barcelona . Bianca Weiß did not play in the final, but also received the silver medal after a tournament appearance.

In addition, she and the team were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993.

In 1993 Bianca Weiß was part of the German winning team at a European Indoor Championships for the second time.

literature

National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 92. The German Olympic team. Frankfurt am Main 1992.

Web links

Bianca Weiß in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
German championship title of the Rüsselsheim RK
International success

Individual evidence

↑ List of German national players
↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his tasks in the field of sport "... on June 23, 1993 Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1992, with the silver laurel leaf ..."

personal data
SURNAME	White, Bianca
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heinz, Bianca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mainz

[1] List of German national players

[2] Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his tasks in the field of sport "... on June 23, 1993 Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1992, with the silver laurel leaf ..."