Denise Klecker (born 26 January 1972 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a retired female field hockey defender from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is renowned as specialist for penalty corner shooting. International senior tournaments 1995 – European Nations Cup, Amstelveen (3rd place) 1995 – Champions Trophy, Mar del Plata (4th place) 1995 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Cape Town (3rd place) 1997 – Champions Trophy, Berlin (2nd place) 1998 – Indoor European Nations Cup, Orense (1st place) 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht (3rd place) 1999 – European Nations Cup, Cologne (2nd place) 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milton Keynes (3rd place) 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place) 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (7th place) 2002 – Indoor European Nations Cup, France (1st place) 2002 – World Cup, Perth (7th place) 2003 – Indoor World Cup, Leipzig (1st place) 2003 – Champions Challenge, Catania (1st place) 2003 – European Nations Cup, Barcelona (3rd place) 2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (1st place) External links Profile on Hockey Olympica 1972 births Living people German female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mainz 21st-century German women