Paul Wettlaufer


Last Name	Wettlaufer
First Name	Paul

Position	Sweeper
Height	185 cm
Weight	85 kg
Date of Birth	28 January 1978
Place of Birth	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hometown	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Residence	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Languages Spoken	English

Club	West Vancouver Field Hockey Club
International Caps	215

Sports Information	Two-time Pan American Games champion (1999, 2007) and silver medalist (2003)…2000 Olympian…3-time Commonwealth Games team member finishing 6th in 1998, 6th in 2002, 9th in 2006…career highlight is Pan American Games gold medals…first international cap was a 0-5 loss in a 1998 test match in Barcelona, Spain...member of the junior national from 1993...joined the senior national team in 1998...coached by Louis Mendonca (previous coaches are Shiaz Virjee and Gene Muller)...current club is West Vancouver Field Hockey Club...trains at the University of British Columbia...suffered a broken collar bone...was introduced to the sport by a family friend at age 14...received the 1996 Fred Hoos Memorial Award; North Shore Sports Award for Outstanding Achievement, nominated for the 1999 Canadian team of the Year, nominated for the 1998 British Columbia Athlete of the Year...
Human Interest	Attended Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada…studied joinery at the British Columbia Institute of Technology…employed since 2006 as a joiner at JSV Architectural Veneering and Millwork…common law wife Erin Lynn is a physiotherapist...mother is Sandra...father is Lee...has a brother Ryan...enjoys Seattle Seahawks, cooking, real estate, music...favourites are National Football League (NFL) player Lofa Tatupu, and the music of Jack Johnson...has a chocolate lab dog named "Casey"...
Competitions	2008 Olympic Games, CHN 2008 Tour of Europe 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, MAL 2008 Tour of Germany 2008 South Africa Tour 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, MAS 2007 Setanta Sports Trophy, IRL 2007 Pan American Games, BRA 2007 AKPro Chile Series, CAN 2006 World Cup Qualifier, CHN 2006 Commonwealth Games, AUS 2006 USA Series 2006 New Zealand Series 2005 Scotland Series, CAN 2005 Indoor Pan American Cup, CAN 2005 England/Ireland Tour 2004 Pan American Cup, CAN 2004 Olympic Qualifier, ESP 2004 South Africa Tour 2003 New Zealand Tour 2003 Pan American Games, DOM 2003 3-Nations Tournament, CAN 2002 Commonwealth Games, GBR 2001 World Cup Qualifier, SCO 2000 Olympic Games, AUS 2000 Americas Cup, CUB 2000 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, MAS 2000 Barcelona 4-Nation Tournament 1999 Pan American Games, CAN 1999 Sydney International Challenge, AUS 1999 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, MAS 1999 Australia Cup 1999 Akhbar El Yom Tournament, EGY 1998 Commonwealth Games, MAS 1996 Junior Pan American Games, BAR