Stefan Saliger

Stefan Saliger ( born December 23, 1967 in Limburg an der Lahn ) is a former German hockey player and Olympic champion.

Saliger began his career with HC Limburg, with whom he won the 1984 German championship in field hockey. 1985, 1990 and 1991, he won the championship title in the indoor hockey and 1992 he won the European Cup with the Limburgern in indoor hockey. In 1995, he won with the THC Harvestehuder the European Cup Winners' Cup, in 1996 and 1998, he helped with two championship titles in the Harvestehuder field hockey with. From 1999 to 2005 Saliger played at Uhlenhorster HC.

1987 debuted the Right Wing in the German national hockey team. In 1988 he won the German team at the European Junior Championships, a year later, the team won the World Junior Championship. In addition, he also played more and more into the senior team in, so it was 1988 with victory in the FIH Champions Trophy here in 1989 Saliger occupied the third place in the tournament. After a fourth place at the 1990 World Cup, won Saliger with the German team in 1991 at the European Championships and the Champions Trophy and 1992 at the Olympic Games. After two second places at the Champions Trophy in 1993 and 1994 Saliger 1995 was again involved in the victory of the tournament. The following year, the German team took fourth place at the 1996 Olympic Games. Overall Saliger played in 174 international matches, 15 of them in the hall.