Oliver Kurtz was a German field hockey player who participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when the re-unified German team won the final against Australia 2-1. Therefore, the team and all players were awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. In total, he won 33 international caps (including 5 indoor) between 1991-95. He was not nominated for the Atlanta team as he tested positive for cocaine in 1995 and was banned from international competitions for one year.
Domestically, Kurtz played with Rot-Weiß Köln and later HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim. He helped Köln to win the German indoor championship in 1992-93, and 1995, and Mülheim to become German Champions in 1997. Kurtz later turned to coaching and, amongst others, coached the national teams of Oman, Bangladesh, and India, as an assistant coach. He also had several coaching jobs with German clubs.
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