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 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