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
- 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
- Florian Fuchs at Team Deutschland (in German)
