Dieter Freise
{{Short description|German field hockey player (1945–2018)}}
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's field hockey}}
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{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|1972 Munich|Team competition}}
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Dieter Freise (18 February 1945 – 5 April 2018) was a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West German squad that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He also competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, where the West German team finished fifth. He was born in Heidelberg.
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072603/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/dieter-freise-1.html Dieter Freise's profile at Sports Reference.com]
- [https://www.rnz.de/sport/regionalsport_artikel,-hockey-nationalspieler-dieter-freise-ist-tot-ur-heidelberger-aus-der-ziegelgasse-blieb-seinem-hch-tr-_arid,350573.html Dieter Freise's obituary] {{in lang|de}}
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Category:German male field hockey players
Category:Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic field hockey players for West Germany
Category:West German male field hockey players
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey
Category:Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
Category:Sportspeople from Heidelberg
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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