- Tina Theune-Meyer
Tina Theune-Meyer (born
November 4 1953 inKleve ,Germany ) is a graduate sports teacher, and the former national coach of the German women's national football team.Biography
Tina Theune-Meyer was born into a sporting family. Her father was a
track and field athlete, and her mother playedhandball . She played from1974 until1986 for Grün-Weiß Brauweiler, where she was also later player trainer.After she completed her teacher training, she became the first woman in
Germany to acquire a coach's license.In
1986 she became assistant coach to the women's national team and succeededGero Bisanz as national coach onAugust 1 1996 . In total she won six European championships, three as an assistant to Gero Bisanz, three as national coach, and led the German women's team to victory in the 2003 Women's World Cup. After winning theUEFA Women's Championship in 2005, she retired from the position of national coach, as had already been announced, handing over to her assistantSilvia Neid .Successes
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FIFA Women's World Cup 2003
* Women's World Cup runner-up1995
* European Championship1989 ,1991 ,1995 ,1997 ,2001 and2005
* Bronze medallist at theOlympic Games 2000 and2004 External links
* [http://www.dfb.de/dfb-team/frauenmannschaft/index.html Official page of the German women's national team]
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