Florian Fuchs

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Florian Fuchs
Florian Fuchs 2012 (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Born (1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 33)
Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Forward
Senior career
YearsTeam
2008–2016 UHC Hamburg
2016 → Dabang Mumbai
2016–2022 Bloemendaal
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2009–2021 Germany 239 (116)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 New Delhi
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Mönchengladbach
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Boom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 London
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Melbourne
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 London
Junior World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Johor Bahru–Singapore
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Florian Fuchs (born 10 November 1991) is a German former field hockey player who played as a forward. [1]

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Career

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]

Honours

International

Germany
Germany U21

Club

UHC Hamburg
Bloemendaal

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Nationalspieler Portraits". www.hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation . Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Sikken, Anne (10 August 2015). "Florian Fuchs na Rio naar Bloemendaal". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Duitse Florian Fuchs kondigt afscheid aan bij Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). 5 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Maresch, Sjoerd. "Fuchs neemt emotioneel afscheid: 'Bloemendaal voelt als familie'".


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