Fanny Rinne


Country
Birth date
Age
15/04/1980 - Mannheim (GER) 
32
Height
Weight
Gender
177 cm / 5'10" 
64 kg / 141 lbs 
F
Sport
Team
RINNE Fanny

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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
1Women2004Athens, GRE
4Women2008Beijing, CHN
7Women2000Sydney, NSW, AUS
World Cup
4Women2010Rosario, ARG
Champions Trophy
4Women2012Rosario, ARG
4Women2009Sydney, NSW, AUS
EuroHockey Nations Championships
2Women2011Monchengladbach, GER
2Women2009Amstelveen, NED

Hobbies

Cycling, skiing, reading and travelling. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)

Occupation

Marketing

Education

Sports Science - University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GER

Language(s) spoken

German, English

Club name

TSV Mannheim, Mannheim, GER

Coach

Uli Weise [club], Michael Behrmann [national] (tsvmannheimhockey.de, 19 Jan 2012; hockey.de, 19 Jan 2012)

Position and style

Midfield (fanny-rinne.de, 17 Sep 2007)

Handedness

Right (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)

Debut

1998 for Germany, against Japan, Six Nation's Cup (Cologne) (fanny-rinne.de, 17 Sep 2007)

Injuries

After suffering from bronchitis and a kidney infection, she was forced to miss the 2010 Champions Trophy in Nottingham, England. (fanny-rinne.de, 21 Jun 2010)

She suffered a broken thumb in 2007. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She started playing hockey at age six in Mannheim, Germany. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)

Reason for taking up this sport
She followed her brother into the sport. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold medals at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the 2006 Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands and the 2007 European Championships in Manchester, England. (fanny-rinne.de, 30 Jul 2009)

Hero
German basketballer Dirk Nowitzky

Most influential person in career
German hockey player and coach Markus Weise. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)

Awards
She was named in the International Hockey Federation's [FIH] All Star team in 2006, 2007 and 2008. (fih.ch, 22 Dec 2011)

She was named best player in Germany in 1999, 2003 and 2005. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2009)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000


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