Michael Peter (hockey player)

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Michael Peter (born May 7, 1949 in Heidelberg ; † October 23, 1997 ) was a German hockey player and Olympic champion . He played a total of 262 times for the German national hockey team .

Career

Michael Peter played for HC Heidelberg throughout his career . In 1971 he became German indoor champion with his club, and in 1982 he won his only outdoor title.

In the national team he made his debut in 1969. In 1971 he took part in the first World Cup in Barcelona and was fifth with the German team. A year later, the Germans faced world champions Pakistan in the final of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . The Germans won 1-0 in front of their home crowd with a goal from Michael Krause . Michael Peter formed the central defense together with team captain Carsten Keller and played a kind of libero, which earned him the nickname “Beckenbauer of German hockey”.

In the years to come, the German hockey team with Michael Peter was quite successful. The bronze medal at the 1973 World Championships was followed by the European Indoor Championship in 1974 and the 1974 Vice European Championship in field hockey. At the 1975 World Cup , the German team won bronze again. In 1976 the team became European indoor champions again. The 1976 Olympic Games were rather disappointing , with the German team only finishing fifth. After finishing fourth at the 1978 World Cup , the team won the title at the European Championships in Hanover in the same year. After winning the third European indoor championship title in 1980, the 1980 Olympic boycott was a major setback in the German hockey association's track record.

At the World Cup 1981/1982 in Bombay, the German team reached the final and lost to the Pakistani selection 1: 3. After bronze at the 1983 European Championship and the fourth European Indoor Championship title in 1984, Michael Peter took part in the Olympic Games for the third time in the summer of 1984 . In the final in Los Angeles , the German team faced the Pakistani team again. After regular time ended 1-1, Pakistan made it 2-1 in extra time. Michael Peter had also won an Olympic silver medal twelve years after his gold medal, he was the only one from the 1972 final who was also in the final in 1984.

After the Los Angeles games, Peter ended his international career as a record-breaking national player. He was overtaken by two teammates from 1984 in the next few years, first by Heiner Dopp , who was then surpassed by Volker Fried .

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Los Angeles 1984. Frankfurt am Main 1984.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Peter. In: Munzinger biography. munzinger.de, February 9, 1998, accessed April 27, 2017 .
  2. ↑ A reference to his early death, albeit without a date, can be found in a portrait of his teammate Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper .
  3. ^ The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Los Angeles 1984. p. 173.
personal data
SURNAME Peter, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1997