Helmut de Raaf

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHelmut•de Raaf
Used nameHelmut•de Raaf
Born5 November 1961 in Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)
Measurements185 cm / 77 kg
AffiliationsKölner Haie, Köln (GER) / Düsseldorfer EG, Düsseldorf (GER)
NOC Germany West Germany

Biography

Helmut de Raaf was an ice hockey goalie who competed at three consecutive Winter Olympics with the West German and the re-unified German team in 1988, 1992 and 1994. In total, he earned 118 international caps and played at seven World Championships. He was inducted into the German Hockey Hall of Fame.

Domestically, de Raaf played with Düsseldorfer EG (1980-83 and 1988-96), Kölner Haie (1983-88), ESC Moskitos Essen (1997-98), Grefrather EV (1998-99), and Mannheimer ERC (1999-2001). De Raaf helped Köln win German national titles in 1984 and 1986-88, Düsseldorf from 1990-93 and in 1996, and Mannheim in 1999 and 2001. In 1993 he was named German Player of the Year. He then started a coaching career with the youth team of Mannheimer ERC. With them he earned another 10 German national youth titles. De Raaf also founded a youth ice hockey camp at Bad Tölz.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) FRG Helmut de Raaf
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) West Germany 5
1992 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) GER Helmut de Raaf
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) Germany 6
1994 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) GER Helmut de Raaf
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) Germany 7