Florian Fuchs

{{short description|German field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Florian Fuchs | image = Florian Fuchs 2012 (cropped).jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|11|10}} | birth_place = Hamburg, Germany | height = 1.85 m | weight = 74 kg | position = Forward | clubs1 = UHC Hamburg | years1 = 2008–2016 | clubs2 = → Dabang Mumbai | years2 = 2016 | clubs3 = Bloemendaal | years3 = 2016–2022 | nationalteam1 = Germany | nationalyears1 = 2009–2021 | nationalcaps1 = 239 | nationalgoals1 = 116 | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2010 New Delhi|}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Championship}} {{MedalGold|2011 Mönchengladbach|}} {{MedalGold|2013 Boom|}} {{MedalSilver|2015 London|}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Amstelveen|}} {{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2014 Bhubaneswar|}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Melbourne|}} {{MedalBronze|2016 London|}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2009 Johor Bahru–Singapore|}} | updated = 24 July 2021 }}

'''Florian Fuchs''' (born 10 November 1991) is a German former field hockey player who played as a forward.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nationalspieler Portraits |url=http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/Auswahl-Teams/Nationalspieler-Anzeige.asp&persid=138775 |website=www.hockey.de |publisher=German Hockey Federation |access-date=4 November 2019 |language=de}}</ref>

==Career== At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/fuchs-florian-1105795/ |title=Florian Fuchs |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2012-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911210939/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/fuchs-florian-1105795/ |archive-date=2012-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the 2016 Summer Olympic, where he won the bronze medal, he transferred from Hamburg to Dutch club Bloemendaal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sikken |first1=Anne |title=Florian Fuchs na Rio naar Bloemendaal |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/florian-fuchs-naar-bloemendaal/ |website=hockey.nl |access-date=8 March 2019 |language=nl |date=10 August 2015}}</ref> In the 2018–19 season, he won his first national title by defeating Kampong in the Dutch championship final with Bloemendaal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2286389-oranjefeest-in-bloemendaal-hockeyers-na-negen-jaar-weer-kampioen.html |website=nos.nl |publisher=NOS |access-date=6 June 2019 |language=nl |date=26 May 2019}}</ref> On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast)|url=https://web.hockey.de/news/fmj1v7.html|website=hockey.de|access-date=28 May 2021|language=de|date=28 May 2021|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210607030932/https://web.hockey.de/news/fmj1v7.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fuchs was named the FIH Young Player of the Year in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4060-germany-s-fuerste-named-fih-player-of-the |title=Germany's Fuerste named FIH Player of the Year |website=FIH.ch |publisher=International Hockey Federation |access-date=2012-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209144026/http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4060-germany-s-fuerste-named-fih-player-of-the |archive-date=2012-12-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In September 2021, Fuchs announced that he was retiring from international hockey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CTnC0OKsd3B/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CTnC0OKsd3B |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|publisher=German Hockey Federation |access-date=2021-11-11|title=Deutscher Hockey-Bund on Instagram: "After 239 matches and 116 goals, @ffuchs23 is retiring from international hockey! Danke Flocke ❤️ #WirFürHockey #Honamas 📷 @worldsportpics" }}{{cbignore}}</ref> After the following season he also retired from club hockey.<ref>{{cite web |title=Duitse Florian Fuchs kondigt afscheid aan bij Bloemendaal |url=https://hoofdklassehockey.nl/nieuws/duitse-florian-fuchs-kondigt-afscheid-aan-bij-bloemendaal/ |website=hoofdklassehockey.nl |date=5 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In his last season with Bloemendaal he won the Euro Hockey League and the Dutch national title.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maresch |first1=Sjoerd |title=Fuchs neemt emotioneel afscheid: 'Bloemendaal voelt als familie' |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/tulp-hoofdklasse-heren/fuchs-neemt-emotioneel-afscheid-bloemendaal-voelt-als/}}</ref>

==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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Sports links}}

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