Michelle Meister

Michelle Meister (born 1978) is a German field hockey umpire. She was the 2018 FIH Umpire of the Year and was one of the two first women to umpire at the Euro Hockey League. She umpires for the Köpenicker Hockey-Union in Berlin.[1]

Michelle Meister
Meister umpiring a Great Britain vs USA FIH Pro League match in 2019
Born1978 (1978) (age 45)
NationalityGerman
Known forField hockey umpire
Awards2018 FIH Umpire of the Year

Umpiring career

Meister previously played hockey for 20 years, from the age of 7, until she had to quit because of a herniated disc.[2] She started umpiring in 2005 and umpired her first match in the German national league in 2007.[3] She has since umpired almost 300 matches in this league.[4] Her first international appointment was the 2009 European Indoor Club Cup in Madrid, Spain.[2][5] She umpired both the 2014 World Cup in The Hague and the 2018 World Cup in London.[6][7] At the 2016 Olympic Games she umpired the opening match between Argentina and USA.[5] In 2017 she received the 'Goldene Ehrennadel' award from the German Hockey Federation.[8]

In 2018 Meister made history, together with fellow umpire Laurine Delforge, by being the first female umpire in the Euro Hockey League, the annual European men's field hockey cup competition.[9][10]

In 2019 it was announced that Meister was awarded the 2018 Umpire of the Year award by the FIH.[4][11][12] On 12 October Meister umpired her 300th game in the German Bundesliga.[13]

International tournament appointments
  • Indoor EuroHockey Club Cup - 2009 (Madrid)
  • Indoor European Cup - 2010 (Duisburg),[14] 2012 (Leipzig) and 2016 ;(Minsk)
  • Indoor World Cup - 2011 (Poznan),[5] 2015 (Leipzig),[5] 2018 (Berlin)[5]
  • EuroHockey Club Cup - 2010 (Berlin), 2013 (Bloemendaal), 2014 (Den Bosch), 2015 (Bilthoven), 2017 (Bloemendaal), 2018 (London)
  • European Cup - 2011 (Mönchengladbach), 2015 (London), 2017 (Amsterdam)
  • Hockey World Cup - 2014 (The Hague),[12] 2018 (London)[12]
  • Champions Trophy - 2012 (Rosario)[5]
  • Olympic Games - 2016 (Rio de Janeiro)[12]

References
  1. "WM-Schiris Göntgen & Meister". beta.hockey.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  2. "Meister and Delforge set to become first female umpires in EHL at Round 1 in Barcelona in October". Home of The European Hockey Federation. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  3. "hockey.de". www.hockey.de. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  4. Artrevolver. "Hockey: Michelle Meister ist Welt-Schiedsrichterin 2018". www.dosb.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  5. "Preparing for the Indoor World Cup with Michi Meister". Five Metres Please. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  6. "Rabobank World Cup Women officials are announced!". Home of The European Hockey Federation. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  7. "Officials named for Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup - England Hockey". www.englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  8. "BerlinHockey". www.hockeyplatz.de. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  9. "Meister and Delforge set to become first female umpires in EHL at ROUND1 in Barcelona in October". EHL. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  10. "Laurine Delforge officiera lors de l'EHL à Barcelone". Hockeybelgium (in French). 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  11. "Umpires of the Year 2018: Michelle Meister & Marcin Grochal | FIH". fih.ch. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  12. "Feldhockey: Michelle Meister ist Welt-Schiedsrichterin 2018". sport.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  13. "HamburgHockey". 2019-11-02. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  14. "HessenHockey". www.deutscher-hockey-bund.de. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
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