Jonathan Zwikel

Jonathan Zwikel
Date of birth	July 16, 1975
place of birth	Brussels , Belgium
size	183 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1995	Dragons de Rouen
1995-2002	Hockey Club de Reims
2002-2003	IF Sundsvall EV Duisburg
2003-2006	Gothiques d'Amiens
2006-2009	Pingouins de Morzine
2009-2011	Dragons de Rouen

Jonathan Zwikel (born July 16, 1975 in Brussels ) is a former Belgian - French ice hockey player .

Career

Jonathan Zwikel began his career as a hockey player in the junior division of the Dragons de Rouen , for whose professional team he was active in the top French league from 1993 to 1995 . In both years he and his teams won the French championship title straight away . Then the center moved within the league to Hockey Club de Reims , with which he was also champion in 2000 and 2002. As the club due to high debt resolved had, joined the Belgian-born to 2002/03 the IF Sundsvall from the Allsvenskan , the Swedish second league on, but finished the season at EV Duisburg in the second hockey Bundesliga . From 2003 to 2006, the two-time Olympian ran for the Gothiques d'Amiens , with whom he also became champions in 2004.

For the 2006/07 season , Zwikel moved to the Pingouins de Morzine , where he was one of the leading players right away. In his first year with the Pingouins, he received the Albert Hassler trophy as the best French player in the Ligue Magnus. Most recently, the left shooter played again for his home club Dragons de Rouen from 2009 to 2011 and won the three national cup competitions Trophée des Champions , Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de France once with the club in addition to two championship titles . He then ended his career at the age of 35.

International

For France , Zwikel took part in the junior division in the U18 Junior B European Championship in 1993 and the U20 Junior B World Championship in 1995 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B World Championships in 2002 , 2003 and 2007 as well as at the A World Championships in 1997 , 1998 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 and 2009 . He also competed for France at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and 2002 in Salt Lake City .

Achievements and Awards

Team successes

1994 French champion with the Dragons de Rouen 1995 French champion with the Dragons de Rouen 2000 French champion with the Hockey Club de Reims 2002 French champion with the Hockey Club de Reims 2004 French champion with the Gothiques d'Amiens

2010 French champion with the Dragons de Rouen 2010 Trophée des Champions with the Dragons de Rouen 2010 Coupe de la Ligue with the Dragons de Rouen 2011 French champion with the Dragons de Rouen 2011 Coupe de France with the Dragons de Rouen

International

• 2003 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.
• 2007 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.

Individual awards

2005 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team 2007 Albert Hassler Trophy 2007 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team

2008 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team 2009 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team 2010 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team

Web links

• Jonathan Zwikel at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jonathan Zwikel at eurohockey.com
• Jonathan Zwikel at eliteprospects.com (English)