Heiner Dopp

Heiner Dopp played 286 international matches with the West German hockey (field) team, taking part in three Olympic Games. At the 1976 Montréal Olympics the team placed fifth, winning 9-1 against Spain. In 1980 the team did not participate due to the US-led boycott. In 1984 at Los Angeles the team lost the final against Pakistan and won the silver medal, as they did at Seoul in 1988, when they lost the final, 3-1, against Great Britain.

With West German teams, Dopp placed fourth at the 1978 Worlds, earned a silver medal at the 1982 Worlds, and a bronze in 1986. At the Europeans, he won outdoor titles in 1978, indoors in 1980 and 1984, and added bronzes in 1983 and 1987. Domestically, he played with Dürkheimer HC and then TG Frankenthal, helping them to win national titles in 1979, 1980, and 1983. He also won the European Champions Cup in 1984 with Frankenthal. The team also won the national indoor title for five consecutive years, 1980-84.

Dopp was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, the highest sports award in Germany. He later turned to coaching at Dürkheimer HC and as a Regional Coach of Rhineland Palatine. By profession, he was a trained winemaker and was mayor of his hometown of Meckenheim in 1999-2019.