Peter Caninenberg

Peter Caninenberg was on the West German hockey (field) team at the 1976 Montréal Olympics that won its match for fifth place, 9-1, against Spain, although he did not play in that match. In 1978 Caninenberg played on the European Champions and in 1982 he won a silver medal at the Worlds. He earned 143 international caps, also playing domestically with Rot-Weiß Köln.

By profession, Caninenberg was a lawyer and became CEO of Erwin Himmelseher Assekuranz-Vermittlung GmbH & Co. KG, an insurance company that specialized in bad debt insurance for sports events.