Matthias Witthaus

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Medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team
Champions Trophy
Gold	2001 Rotterdam	Team
Gold	2007 Kuala Lumpur	Team
Silver	2000 Amstelveen	Team
Silver	2002 Cologne	Team
Silver	2006 Terrassa	Team

Matthias Witthaus (born October 11, 1982 in Oberhausen) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

The striker from German club Crefelder HTC made his international senior debut for the national team on June 3, 1999 in a friendly against Belgium in Krefeld. When he first played for Germany he was the youngest to debut and also set a record for being the youngest ever goalscorer for Germany. As of December 18, 2005, Witthaus earned 183 caps for his native country, in which he scored 61 goals. He is nicknamed Witti.

[edit] International Senior Tournaments

• 1999 – European Nations Cup, Padua (1st place)
• 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place)
• 2000 – Summer Olympics, Sydney (5th place)
• 2001 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Luzern(1st place)
• 2001 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (1st place)
• 2002 – 10th World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)
• 2002 – Champions Trophy, Cologne (2nd place)
• 2003 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Santander (1st place)
• 2003 – 1st World Indoor Cup, Leipzig (1st place)
• 2003 – European Nations Cup, Barcelona (1st place)
• 2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (3th place)
• 2005 – European Nations Cup, Leipzig (3th place)
• 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (4th place)
• 2006 – Champions Trophy, Terrassa (2nd place)
• 2006 – 11th World Cup, Mönchengladbach (1st place)
• 2007 – European Nations Cup, Manchester (4th place)
• 2007 – Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)