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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lydia Bechthold-Haase | ||
Born | Leipzig, Germany | 7 September 1986||
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Mannheimer HC | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
2005–2007 | Germany U–21 | 49 | (9) |
2009–2016 | Germany | 173 | (41) |
Medal record |
Lydia Haase (born 7 September 1986) [1] is a former German field hockey player, who played as a forward for the Germany women's national field hockey team. [2]
Lydia Haase was born and raised in Leipzig. [3]
Haase works as a teacher at Baulandschule Hettingen, an elementary school in Buchen. [4] [5]
Her sister Mandy also is an international hockey player. [6]
In 2006, Haase was a member of the Germany U–21 team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Catania. At the tournament, Germany won a gold medal. [2] [4]
Haase made her senior debut for Germany in 2009, during a test match in South Africa. [2] Later that year she also represented the team at 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in Sydney. [7]
Throughout her career, Haase appeared represented Germany at four European Championships. She medalled in each tournament, winning a gold medal in 2013, [8] silver in 2009 and 2011, [2] as well as bronze in 2015. [9]