Sven Meinhardt

Sven Meinhardt ( born September 28, 1971 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) is a German former hockey player and Olympic champion.

Sven Meinhardt played at Uhlenhorst Mülheim and was German with this team in 1990, 1991, 1994 and 1995 champion. From 1990 to 1996 Meinhardt won with Mülheim seven times in a row, the European Champion Clubs' Cup.

The striker made ​​his debut in 1990 in the German national hockey team. He won in 1991 with field hockey championship title, finishing at the Junior European Championships in 1992 to third place. At the Olympic Games in 1992 Meinhardt was present in all seven games and reached with the German team the first Olympic gold medal after twenty years. After the fourth place at the World Cup 1994 Meinhardt won the 1995 for the second time Field Hockey European Championship. Meinhardt ended his career in the national team at the Olympic Games in 1996, when the German team took fourth place. Overall Meinhardt played in 101 international matches with.