Module 6 - Mentorship Practical Application

Uschi Schmitz

Position: Member of the PotAS Commission
Academic Qualifications:
  • University of Frankfurt and German Sport University Cologne; graduated with a degree in physical education

Other professional activities:
  • Former german national field hockey player and coach (29 matches and World Champion 1976 and Runner-up World Champion 1978 as a player / Assistant coach, Hockey Olympic Games 1984, Los Angeles, silver medal winner)
  • 1984 - 2000 Bundesliga fieldhockey coach at Blau-Weiß Cologne, Berliner HC (women) and at Rot-Weiß Cologne (men)
  • 2009 – 2019 Managing Director, Deutscher Turner-Bund Service GmbH
  • 2000 – 2008 Secretary General/Chairwoman of the Board, Deutscher Hockey-Bund e.V.
  • Assistant Team Manager for Hockey at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
  • 2021 - 2025 Member of the Executive Board of the European Olympic Committee (EOC)
  • 2018 - 2021 Member of the DOSB Presidium (Vice-President Competitive Sports)
  • 2019 – 2024 Board member of the Cologne Coaching Academy
  • 2019 – present Member of the PotAS Commission