Clemens Arnold

Clemens Arnold ( born August 31, 1978 in Melbourne ) is a former German hockey player who in 2002 was goalkeeper in the world championship team.

Career

Clemens Arnold was born in Australia, but returned at the age of one and a half years back to Germany. His club career began at HC Heidelberg. With the Harvestehuder THC was Clemens Arnold 2000 German Masters. Later he was active for the Dürkheimer and HC for the HTC Gladbach.

In 1997 he reached the German junior national team to third place at the Junior World Championships in 1998, he won the German team, the Junior European Championships. As early as 1997 he made his debut in the German national hockey team, with whom he became European Champion in 1999. In 2000, he finished with the German team took second place in the FIH Champions Trophy. In the 2000 Olympics, the German team finished fifth. Was Clemens Arnold to 2000 reserve goalkeeper for Christopher Reitz, he rose from 2001 to the goalkeeper of the German team. In 2001, he won with the team at the European Indoor Championships and the Champions Trophy. In the 2002 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, he was the backing of the German team that won the world title for the first time. In the Champions Trophy 2002, the German team took second place. 2003 Arnold was the second time European Champion, the final against Spain was only decided on penalties. At the end of his international career, Clemens Arnold won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. Overall, Clemens Arnold was careful in 150 international matches, the German goal, three of them in the hall.

In addition to his athletic career, Clemens Arnold holds a degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics.