Christopher Wesley

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Christopher Wesley
Personal information
Full name Christopher George Wesley
Born (1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 (age 35)
Nuremberg, West Germany [1]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Senior career
YearsTeam
2007–2020 Nürnberger HTC
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2016 Germany 162 (28)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Mönchengadbach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Boom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Amstelveen
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 London
Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Melbourne
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 San Sebastián

Christopher George Wesley (born 23 June 1987) is a German former field hockey player who played as a midfielder or forward. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. [2]

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Career

Wesley played his whole career for Nürnberger HTC in the German Bundesliga. He played a total of 162 matches for the national team from 2005 until 2016 in which he scored 28 goals. [3] In April 2020 he announced his retirement from top-level hockey. [4]

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References

  1. "Christopher Wesley". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund . Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. "Christopher Wesley". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2013-05-11. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. "Nationalspieler Portraits". hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation . Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. "Schluss beim NHTC: Olympiasieger Chris Wesley hört auf" (in German). 26 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.