Florian Fuchs

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

International

Germany

Olympic gold medal: 2012

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

References

External links

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

Uhlenhorster HC players

Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players

Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players