Thorsten Wiedemann
| Birth name | Thorsten Wiedemann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | October 4, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thorsten Wiedemann (born 4 October 1985)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
Biography[edit]
Wiedemann grew up in Heidelberg, playing rugby for the Heidelberger RK. He joined TSV Handschuhsheim for two seasons, alongside his coach, in August 2007. He spend some time in New Zealand in 2007 playing for the Hamilton Marist RFC.
He made his debut for Germany on 29 September 2007 in a friendly against Switzerland. He made his last game for Germany to date against Portugal on 21 February 2009. He was also part of the squad for the Russia game on 2 May 2009 but was not substituted in.
In the 2008–09 season, while playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim, he was the top-scorer in the Bundesliga with 212 points. He joined the Heidelberger RK for the 2009–10 season but emigrated to Australia during the winter break.[2][3] He now plays for the Sunshine Coast Stingrays in Queensland Premier Rugby.[4]
After two years in Australia Wiedemann rejoined Heidelberger RK for the 2012-13 Bundesliga season.[5]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2008
- Runners-up: 2009
Personal[edit]
- Rugby-Bundesliga
- Top scorer: 2008-09
Stats[edit]
Thorsten Wiedemann's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[6]
Club[edit]
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2008-09 | TSV Handschuhsheim | Rugby-Bundesliga | 16 | 4 | 44 | 34 | 1 | 6th |
| 2009-10 | Heidelberger RK | 11 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2010 | Sunshine Coast Stingrays | Queensland Premier Rugby | ||||||
| 2011 | USC Rugby | Sunshine Coast RU | ||||||
| 2012-13 | Heidelberger RK | Rugby-Bundesliga |
- As of 25 June 2012
National team[edit]
European Nations Cup[edit]
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2008-2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 4 | 11 | 6th — Relegated |
Friendlies & other competitions[edit]
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2007 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 |
- As of 18 March 2010
References[edit]
- ^ Thorsten Wiedemann profile at scrum.com accessed: 18 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby-XV der Hinrunde 2009/2010 - Verbinder (in German) accessed: 18 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse (in German) accessed: 18 March 2010
- ^ Sunshine Coast stings Downs Sunshine Coast Daily, accessed: 18 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2012/2013 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 25 June 2012
- ^ Thorsten Wiedemann profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 18 March 2010
External links[edit]
- Thorsten Wiedemann at scrum.com
- (in German) Thorsten Wiedemann at totalrugby.de
- 1985 births
- Living people
- German rugby union players
- Germany international rugby union players
- TSV Handschuhsheim players
- Heidelberger RK players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Sportspeople from Heidelberg
- German expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Expatriate rugby union players in Spain
- German expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- German expatriate sportspeople in Australia