Stefan Saliger

Stefan Saliger (born December 23, 1967 in Limburg an der Lahn ) is a former German hockey player and Olympic champion .

Saliger began his career at Limburger HC , with whom he won the German championship in field hockey in 1984. In 1985, 1990 and 1991 he won the championship in indoor hockey and in 1992 he won the European indoor hockey cup with Limburg. In 1995 he won the European Cup Winners' Cup with the Harvestehuder THC , in 1996 and 1998 he helped with two championship titles of the Harvestehuder in field hockey. From 1999 to 2005 Saliger played at Uhlenhorster HC .

In 1987 the right winger made his debut in the German national hockey team . In 1988 he won the European Junior Championship with the German team, and a year later the team won the World Junior Championship. He also played his way into the senior national team: in 1988 he won the FIH Champions Trophy , and in 1989 Saliger took third place in this tournament. After finishing fourth at the 1990 World Cup , Saliger won the 1991 European Championship and the Champions Trophy with the German team.

At the 1992 Olympic Games he won the gold medal with the German hockey team. For this he and the team received the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993 .

After two second places in the Champions Trophy in 1993 and 1994, Saliger was again involved in winning the tournament in 1995. In the following year, the German team finished fourth at the 1996 Olympic Games . Saliger played a total of 174 international matches, 15 of them indoors.

Saliger was co-owner of the sports shop BHP, which had to file for bankruptcy. Today he is involved in the Mo-Fürste Academy and the Hockey Academy.

literature

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

Individual evidence

↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties 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, with the silver laurel leaf ..."

personal data
SURNAME	Saliger, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Limburg on the Lahn

[1] Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties 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, with the silver laurel leaf ..."