Tanja Dickenscheid

German field hockey player Tanja Dickenscheid competed in three consecutive Olympic Games, winning the silver medal in 1992 when losing the final against Spain 2-1 after extra time. Therefore, the team and all players were awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. Four years later at Atlanta the team placed a disappointing sixth, and another four years later were only seventh at the Sydney Games.

Internationally, Dickenscheid won another silver medal at the 1991 European Championships, and two bronze medals at the 1995 Europeans and the 1998 Worlds. In 1990 and 1993, she also won European indoor titles. In total, Dickenscheid played 189 international matches (including 10 indoor) from 1989-2000. She retired after the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Domestically, Dickenscheid played with Rüsselsheimer RK, winning six German national titles (1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2004), and six indoor titles between 1987-2004. She was also won three European Cups and ten European Indoor Cups. By profession, she became a graduated biologist.