Jan-Peter Tewes

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Jan-Peter Tewes (born November 26, 1968 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) is a former German hockey player and Olympic champion .

Career

Tewes won seven German championships with Uhlenhorst Mülheim . From 1988 to 1996 he won the European Cup with the team nine times in a row . His older brother Stefan Tewes , who moved to Munich in 1990, was also involved in the club's successes until 1990 . Towards the end of his career, Tewes also changed clubs and joined the club on the Alster in Hamburg.

Tewes was European Junior Champion in 1988 and World Junior Champion in 1989. In 1989 he made his debut in the German national hockey team , with which he won the title at the 1991 European field hockey championship. At the 1992 Olympic Games , both Tewes brothers took part in all seven games and achieved their first Olympic victory with the German team in twenty years.

For this he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993 - together with the German Olympic hockey team.

In 1994 Tewes was fourth at the World Cup, followed in 1995 by winning the European title for the second time. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , the cover player took fourth place with the German team. Tewes played a total of 190 international matches from 1989 to 1999.

Jan-Peter Tewes has a degree in business administration from Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and is now active in product management.

Club successes

all with Uhlenhorst Mülheim

  • German champion: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997
  • European Cup winners: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 92. The German Olympic team. Frankfurt am Main 1992.
  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Atlanta 96. The German Olympic team. Frankfurt am Main 1996.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the silver laurel leaf ... "
  2. ↑ international appearances
personal data
SURNAME Tewes, Jan-Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tewes, Jan Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim an der Ruhr