Florian Fuchs

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

Florian Fuchs

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 Men's field hockey Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2010 New Delhi EuroHockey Championship 2011 Mönchengladbach 2013 Boom 2015 London 2021 Amstelveen Champions Trophy 2014 Bhubaneswar 2009 Melbourne 2016 London Junior World Cup 2009 Johor Bahru–Singapore
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

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

• Summer Olympics gold medal: 2012
• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2016
• EuroHockey Championship: 2011, 2013
• Champions Trophy, 2014

Germany U21

• Junior World Cup: 2009

Club

UHC Hamburg

• Euro Hockey League: 2009–10, 2011–12

Bloemendaal

• Hoofdklasse: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Euro Hockey League: 2017–18, 2021, 2022, 2022–23

Individual

• FIH Rising Star of the Year: 2012