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| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Last updated on: 24 July 2021 | |||
Florian Fuchs (born 10 November 1991) is a German former field hockey player who played as a forward.
Career
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. After the 2016 Summer Olympic, where he won the bronze medal, he transferred from Hamburg to Dutch club Bloemendaal. In the 2018–19 season, he won his first national title by defeating Kampong in the Dutch championship final with Bloemendaal. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Fuchs was named the FIH Young Player of the Year in 2012.
In September 2021, Fuchs announced that he was retiring from international hockey. After the following season he also retired from club hockey. In his last season with Bloemendaal he won the Euro Hockey League and the Dutch national title.
Honours
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International
- Germany
- Germany U21
Club
- UHC Hamburg
- Bloemendaal
Individual
References
- "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'".
External links
- Florian Fuchs at the International Hockey Federation
- Florian Fuchs at the European Hockey Federation
- Florian Fuchs at Deutscher Hockey-Bund (in German)
- Florian Fuchs at Olympics.com
- Florian Fuchs at Olympedia (archive)
- Florian Fuchs at Team Deutschland (in German)
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players from Hamburg
- German male field hockey players
- Male field hockey forwards
- 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Olympic field hockey players for Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- HC Bloemendaal players
- German expatriate field hockey players
- Uhlenhorster HC players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
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