Florian Fuchs

Florian Fuchs
Personal information
Born (1991-11-10) 10 November 1991
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 Caps Goals
2009–2021 Germany 239 (116)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 New Delhi
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Mönchengladbach
Gold medal – first place 2013 Boom
Silver medal – second place 2015 London
Silver medal – second place 2021 Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal – second place 2009 Melbourne
Bronze medal – third place 2016 London
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 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]

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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