Julia Zwehl

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Julia Zwehl (born March 20, 1976 in Hanover ) is a former German hockey player , she won the Olympic gold medal in 2004.

Life

Julia Zwehl began playing hockey in Hanover, but then switched to Eintracht Braunschweig via Hamburg . After a fourth place at the Junior World Championship in 1997, the goalkeeper made her debut in the German national hockey team in the same year . Zwehl won her first title at the European Indoor Hockey Championships in 1998. At the 1998 World Championships , she received the bronze medal with the German team. She also won a medal at the 1999 European Championships in Cologne, this time silver after losing to the Netherlands in the final . At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2000 , Julia Zwehl and Birgit Beyer were nominated as goalkeepers for the German team, Zwehl played in three games, the German team took seventh place. After a long break, Julia Zwehl was back at the 2003 European Championships in Barcelona and won the bronze medal. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , Julia Zwehl was the second goalkeeper next to Louisa Walter , Zwehl was only used in a preliminary round match. After the final victory, Julia Zwehl also received the gold medal and the silver laurel leaf.

Julia Zwehl played a total of 93 international matches, 11 of them indoors.

In 2009 Julia Zwehl was a founding member of Lesestart Hannover .

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Athens 2004. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the Office of the Federal President of March 16, 2005 .... Awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf to the medal winners of the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games ...
  2. ↑ List of German national players
  3. ↑ Who we are , subpage of lesestart-hannover.de
personal data
SURNAME Zwehl, Julia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover