Holger Meitinger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHolger•Meitinger
Used nameHolger•Meitinger
Born28 March 1957 in Augsburg, Bayern (GER)
Measurements180 cm / 78 kg
AffiliationsMannheimer ERC, Mannheim (GER)
NOC West Germany

Biography

West German ice hockey forward Holger Meitinger earned 78 international caps and scored 33 goals. He played at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics and the World Championships in 1979 and 1981-83. In 1981 he was the leading scorer with 20 points at the Worlds.

Domestically, Meitinger played with Augsburger EV (until 1977), Krefelder EV (1977-78), Sportbund Rosenheim (1978-79), Mannheimer ERC (1979-81), and finally Kölner Haie (1981-90). He helped Mannheim win the West German Championship in 1980 and Köln in 1984 and 1986-88. In 1981 he was named Player of the Year and was inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007. Meitinger later owned a finance and real estate agency and managed his son Nikolas, who became a golf professional.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1980 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) FRG Holger Meitinger
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) West Germany =9