Carla Tagliente (born January 2, 1979, in Marathon, New York) is a former field hockey striker from the United States, who earned a total number of 78 caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored five goals. The former student of the University of Maryland, where she played for the Terrapins, scored her first international goal in her first international appearance, versus South Korea (1-0) at the 1997 Champions Trophy in Berlin, Germany. Tagliente retired in April 2003.
Wayne Fernandes is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first cap in 1996 against Pakistan.
Justus Scharowsky is a field hockey player from Germany, who plays for French club Racing Club de France. The midfielder made his international senior debut for the German team on 10 July 1999 in a friendly against South Korea in Leipzig. As of 12 November 2005, Scharowsky earned 93 caps for his native country, in which he scored fifteen goals.
Michael Green is a former field hockey player from Germany. He began his career at MTV Braunschweig and Braunschweiger THC and later played for Harvestehuder THC in Hamburg. The defender competed at two Summer Olympics. Green is working as a surgeon, and played more than 260 international matches for the German field hockey squad.
Cindy Werley is a former Olympic field hockey forward from the United States, who made her international debut for the Women's National Team in 1994. She was a member of the American team that competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Margaret ("Peggy") Storrar is a field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1995. The former student of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was a member of the team, that won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Four years later, when Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic hosted the Pan Am Games, Storrur repeated that feat.
Sebastian Biederlack 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.
Nadine Ernsting-Krienke is a field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is one of the most decorated field hockey players in Germany, having played in four consecutive Summer Olympic Games, starting in 1992. She retired from international play in 2009, after having represented Germany 360 times, scoring 137 goals.
Laurelee Kopeck is a former field hockey defender from Canada, who earned a total number of 163 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career. Nicknamed "Jumbo", she graduated from the University of Victoria (sociology/psychology) in 1996. Kopeck also played club hockey in Hamburg, Germany.
Luciana Paula Aymar is an Argentine retired field hockey player.
Kate ("Tiki") Barber is a field hockey forward and midfield player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1998 by scoring two goals in a 3–3 draw with New Zealand. The former student of Unionville High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was a member of the team, that won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Kelli Gannon is a former field hockey midfield player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 2001 with a goal against Mexico, at the inaugural Pan American Cup. A student of the University of Michigan, where she played for the Wolverines, she earned a total number of 60 caps, in which she scored 12 goals. Her younger sister Kristi later also played for the US National Team.
Heike Wedekind née Lätzsch is a former field hockey striker from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Kelli L. James is a former field hockey striker from the United States, who earned a total number of 144 caps for the Women's National Team. The former student of the Old Dominion University tied for team scoring lead at the 1999 Pan American Games with 3 goals, and scored four goals in a single match in 4–0 win over China at the 1998 World Cup in Utrecht, Netherlands. She won a bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games.
Jill Reeve is a former field hockey defender from the United States, who earned a total number of 134 caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored eight goals.
Christine ("Chris") DeBow is a former field hockey defender from the United States, who earned a total number of 53 caps for the Women's National Team. The former student of the University of Maryland, where she played for the Terrapins, earned the bronze medal at the 1997 Junior Pan American Championships. She is now currently coaching and is co owner and founder of the field hockey club the eliminators, which is a club based in southern maryland.
Katie Kauffman Beach is a field hockey player and coach. She played for the United States Women's National Team in 180 international games, including the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She was inducted into the United States Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014.
Karen Smith is an Australian former field hockey midfield player. After her stint in hockey she went on to become a P.E. teacher for 4 years at Clairvaux MacKillop College. She is married with two children and resides in Toowoomba.
María Cecilia Rognoni is a retired Argentine field hockey player, who won the 2002 World Cup in Perth, Australia where she was elected as the best woman hockey player in the world by the FIH.
The 1997 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 6th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 1–8 June 1997 in Berlin, Germany. From this edition on a win was rewarded with three points instead of two, and a draw with one point.
Gonzalo Peillat is an Argentine-German field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Mannheimer HC and for the Germany national team. In 2015, Peillat was awarded the FIH 2014 Rising Star of the Year.