Susanne Wollschläger

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameSusanne•Wollschläger (-Maertens)
Used nameSusanne•Wollschläger
Nick/petnamesSusi
Born5 May 1965 in Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)
Measurements173 cm / 58 kg
AffiliationsClub Raffelberg, Duisburg (GER)
NOC Germany West Germany
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Goalie Susanne Wollschläger and the West German field hockey team were fifth at the 1988 Seoul Games after a 4-2 win against Canada in the classification round. At Barcelona four years later, the re-unified German team won the silver medal, losing the final against Spain, 2-1 after extra time. At Atlanta in 1996, the team finished a disappointing sixth.

Wollschläger won 110 international caps (including seven indoor) between 1986-96. She was European Indoor Champion in 1987 and 1990, and European Championship runner-up in 1991. Domestically, Wollschläger played with SC Club Raffelberg Duisburg. She later turned to coaching. Her daughter PIa Maertens participated at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Hockey FRG Susanne Wollschläger
Hockey, Women (Olympic) West Germany 5
1992 Summer Olympics Hockey GER Susanne Wollschläger
Hockey, Women (Olympic) Germany 2 Silver
1996 Summer Olympics Hockey GER Susanne Wollschläger
Hockey, Women (Olympic) Germany 6

Olympic family relations