Christoph Bechmann

Christoph Bechmann was a German field hockey player who participated in the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta. Germany finished fourth after losing 3-2 to Australia in the bronze medal match, despite leading 2- 1 with less than ten minutes to go. At Sydney four years later, Germany beat Great Britain 4-0 to win the match for fifth place, and at Athens in 2004, Bechmann finally won a medal, when Germany beat Spain 4-3 after sudden death extra time in the bronze medal match.

In 1995, 1999, and 2003, Bechmann won the European Championships, and also the 1999 European Indoors. He also won the Champions Trophy in 1995 and 1997, and the Worlds in 2002. Bechmann was on the squads that lost the Champions Trophy final in 2000 and 2002. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 1998 Worlds, and a World Games gold in 2005.

In total, Bechmann won 300 international caps (including 12 indoor) between 1994-2006, scoring 179 goals. Domestically, he played with HC Speyer (1975-85), TG Frankenthal (1985-92), Dürkheimer HC (1992-94), Gladbacher HTC (1994-99), Harvesterhuder HC Hamburg (1997, 1999-2002), and Club an der Alster Hamburg (2002-05). He later turned to coaching.