Florian_Fuchs
Florian Fuchs
German field hockey player
Florian Fuchs (born 10 November 1991) is a German former field hockey player who played as a forward.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 32) Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2008–2016 | UHC Hamburg | ||
| 2016 | → Dabang Mumbai | ||
| 2016–2022 | Bloemendaal | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2021 | Germany | 239 | (116) |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 24 July 2021 | |||
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[2] After the 2016 Summer Olympic, where he won the bronze medal, he transferred from Hamburg to Dutch club Bloemendaal.[3] In the 2018–19 season, he won his first national title by defeating Kampong in the Dutch championship final with Bloemendaal.[4] On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] Fuchs was named the FIH Young Player of the Year in 2012.[6]
In September 2021, Fuchs announced that he was retiring from international hockey.[7] After the following season he also retired from club hockey.[8] In his last season with Bloemendaal he won the Euro Hockey League and the Dutch national title.[9]
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International
- Germany
- Germany U21
Club
- UHC Hamburg
- Bloemendaal
Individual
- "Nationalspieler Portraits". www.hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- "Florian Fuchs". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- Sikken, Anne (10 August 2015). "Florian Fuchs na Rio naar Bloemendaal". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- "Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- "DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast)". hockey.de (in German). 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- "Germany's Fuerste named FIH Player of the Year". FIH.ch. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- "Deutscher Hockey-Bund on Instagram: "After 239 matches and 116 goals, @ffuchs23 is retiring from international hockey! Danke Flocke ❤️ #WirFürHockey #Honamas 📷 @worldsportpics"". German Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Duitse Florian Fuchs kondigt afscheid aan bij Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 5 March 2022.
- Maresch, Sjoerd. "Fuchs neemt emotioneel afscheid: 'Bloemendaal voelt als familie'".
- Florian Fuchs at the International Hockey Federation
- Florian Fuchs at Olympedia
- Florian Fuchs at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
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