Uli Vos

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Uli Vos (born September 2, 1946 in Mönchengladbach ; †  December 1, 2017 there ) was a German hockey player and Olympic champion .

Career

Vos played for the Gladbacher HTC and was with this club in 1966 indoor and field hockey champions. In 1967 the title in field hockey was successfully defended.

In 1966 the midfielder made his debut in the German national hockey team . At the 1968 Olympic Games , the team finished fourth after losing the bronze medal against India 2-1. After winning the European Championship in 1970, Vos took part in the first World Cup in Barcelona in 1971 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 .

For winning the gold medal at the Olympics in Munich, he received the silver laurel leaf on September 11, 1972 .

In the years to come, the German hockey team 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. In the winter of 1976/1977 Vos was kicked out of the German national team by the new coach Klaus Kleiter , as Kleiter wanted to start a rebuilding for 1980. After 150 international matches, with which he replaced Carsten Keller as a record national player, Vos's international career came to an end.

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1976

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Grulke: Hockey: GHTC mourns Olympic champion Uli Vos. Retrieved December 2, 2017 .
  2. ^ Mourning for Olympic champion Uli Vos. Retrieved December 4, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Sports report of the Federal Government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - Printed matter 7/1040 - page 60
personal data
SURNAME Vos, Uli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 2017