Christoph Bechmann (born 23 November 1971 in Speyer am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The striker from Club an der Alster (Hamburg), whose nicknamed Duffi or Bechi, played in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He has captained the German National Team and was a member of the Team of the Year in Mönchengladbach, Germany. International Senior Tournaments He played from 1994 until 2004, 124 matches for the Germany national team in outdoor competitions. 1994 – 8th World Cup, Sydney (4th place) 1995 – European Nations Cup, Dublin (1st place) 1995 – Champions Trophy, Berlin (1st place) 1996 – Summer Olympics, Atlanta (4th place) 1996 – Champions Trophy, Madras (3rd place) 1997 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Lievin (1st place) 1997 – Champions Trophy, Adelaide (1st place) 1998 – 9th World Cup, Utrecht (3rd place) 1999 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Slagelse (1st place) 1999 – European Nations Cup, Padua (1st place) 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place) 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (5th place) 2002 – 10th World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (1st place) 2002 – Champions Trophy, Cologne (2nd place) 2003 – European Nations Cup, Barcelona (1st place) 2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (3rd place) 2005 – World Games, Duisburg (1st place) 2006 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Eindhoven (1st place) References External links 1971 births Living people People from Speyer German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Harvestehuder THC players Der Club an der Alster players Male field hockey forwards Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate 20th-century German people 21st-century German people