- Tibor Weißenborn
Tibor Weißenborn (born
march 20 ,1981 inWest Berlin ) is afield hockey player fromGermany , who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, Greece and of both the teams that won the 10th World Cup in Malaysia in 2002, and 11th World Cup in Germany in 2006, .The midfielder, who plays for Rot-Weiß Köln in the 2nd German League after playing for two seasons for Dutch club
HC Bloemendaal , made his international senior debut for the national team onMarch 24 ,1998 in a friendly against The Netherlands inAmstelveen . He was first selected in the national squad when he was only 18 years old, and he played in over hundred international matches in his first three years in the German team. As ofJanuary 20 ,2008 , Weißenborn earned 289 caps for his native country, in which he scored 33 goals. He isnickname d "Tibs". He was named "Men's Young Player of the Year" in 2001 by theInternational Hockey Federation .International Senior Tournaments
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1999 – European Nations Cup, Padua (1st place)
*2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place)
* 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (5th place)
*2001 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Luzern (1st place)
* 2001 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (1st place)
*2002 – 10th World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)
* 2002 – Champions Trophy, Cologne (2nd place)
*2003 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Santander (1st place)
* 2003 – 1st World Indoor Cup, Leipzig (1st place)
* 2003 – European Nations Cup, Barcelona (1st place)
*2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (3th place)
*2005 – European Nations Cup, Leipzig (3th place)
* 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (4th place)
*2006 – Champions Trophy, Terrassa (2nd place)
*2006 – 11th World Cup, Mönchengladbach (1st place)
*2007 – European Nations Cup, Manchester (4th place)
* 2007 – Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)
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