Jan Peter Tewes

Jan Peter Tewes (the brother of Stefan Tewes) was a German field hockey goalkeeper 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 1996, at Atlanta, the team again played Australia, but finished fourth after losing the bronze medal match 3-2.

In 1991 and 1995, Jan Peter won the European Championships. He also won the Champions Trophy in 1991-92. In total, he won 190 international caps between 1989-99. Domestically, Tewes played with HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim and helped them win the German national title seven times in 1987-88, 1990-91, 1994-95, and 1997. With the team he also won the European Champions Cup nine years in succession from 1988-96.

Tewes became a graduated economist and worked in the product management field. He later became Chief Commercial Officer at a global company in the building technology and sanitary industry at Brussels. Like his brother, he was also a Member of the Board of Trustees of Deutsche Sporthilfe.