Niklas Wellen

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Niklas Wellen
Personal information
Born (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29)
Krefeld, Germany [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Crefelder HTC
Youth career
Crefelder HTC
Senior career
YearsTeam
2010–2020 Crefelder HTC
2020–2022 Pinoké
2022–present Crefelder HTC
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–present Germany 172 (51)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
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
Junior World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 New Delhi
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Waterloo
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 's-Hertogenbosch
Last updated on: 7 February 2023

Niklas Wellen (born 14 December 1994) [2] is a German field hockey player who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Crefelder HTC and the Germany national team. [3]

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Club career

Wellen played for the first team of Crefelder HTC since he was 16 years old. [4] In February 2020 he signed a two-year contract at Pinoké in the Netherlands from the 2020–21 season onwards. [4] During the 2021–22 indoor season he scored the winning goal in the championship final against HDM as Pinoké won its first national title. He was named the best player of the Dutch indoor season. [5] At the end of the outdoor season he returned to Crefelder HTC. [6]

International career

He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics. [7] He scored four goals in the EuroHockey tournament as they won the silver medal after they lost the final to the Netherlands after a shoot-out. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Niklas Wellen". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund . Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Niklas Wellen". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Nationalspieler Portraits". www.hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation . Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. 1 2 Wester, Eelko (13 February 2020). "Duits international Niklas Wellen naar Pinoké". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Borcherts, Reemt (29 January 2022). "Niklas Wellen en Mila Muyselaar beste spelers dit zaalseizoen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Borcherts, Reemt (25 August 2022). "Pinoké kiest helemaal zijn eigen weg naar het nieuwe seizoen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Sinnige, Clarinda. "Netherlands win final after late 'german' equalizer" . Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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