Michi gets up to speed
Photo credit: World Sports Pics/Frank Uijlenbroek
Michelle or Michi Meister is a hugely experienced top class umpire, with two World Cups (2014 and 2018), three Indoor World Cups (2011, 2015 and 2018) and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games already on her umpiring CV. She is on the umpires roster for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Meister made umpiring history in 2018 when she became the first female umpire, alongside Belgium’s Laurine Delforge, to umpire in the men’s EuroHockey League.