Moritz Fürste

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Moritz Fürste

Fürste (left) and Jan-Philipp Rabente during a TV interview after winning Olympic Gold in 2012.

Personal information

Born

October 28, 1984

Medal record

Men's Field Hockey
Competitor for Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Team
Gold	2012 London	Team
World Cup
Gold	2006 Mönchengladbach	Team
European Championship
Gold	2011 Gladbach	Team
Champions Trophy
Gold	2007 Kuala Lumpur	Team

Moritz Fürste (born October 28, 1984 in Hamburg) is a field hockey player from Germany. He was a member of the Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics as well as at the 2006 World Cup. He played at the Uhlenhorster Hockey Club in Hamburg from 1989 till 2012. He was captain of the team. He has guided his team to success in the Euro Hockey League on three occasions, winning the title in 2007-2008, 2009-2010 and 2011-12. Fuerste also helped his team to a second place finish in the competition in the 2008-2009 Season, when they were defeated by HC Bloemendaal of The Netherlands. Since 2012 he is playing at Spanish Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.

Moritz Fürste was named as the Euro Hockey League's Most Valuable Player in the 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 Seasons. At the European Championship 2011 he got the Award as Most Valuable Player of the tournament.^[1]

After his nomination in 2010 and 2011 Fürste was named the IHF World Player of the Year in 2012.^[2]

Fürste is one of the six marquee players. ^[3] for 2013 Hockey India League. At the players auction he was bought by Ranchi Rhinos for $75,500^[4] to captain their team. HIL 2013 Champions Ranchi Rhinos were led by Moritz Fuerste.

References

↑ "German men are European Champions". FIH. 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
↑ Germany's Fuerste named FIH Player of the Year
↑ Hockey India League names three Indians among six Marquee Players
↑ Hockey goes under the hammer

External links

Fürste at the German Hockey Federation (German)

v t e Germany squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

3 Witte 4 Müller 5 Biederlack 7 Nevado 9 Fürste 10 Montag 13 Hauke 14 Weißenborn 15 B. Weß 16 Meinert 17 T. Weß 18 Korn 19 C. Zeller 21 Weinhold 22 Witthaus 23 Keller 25 P. Zeller Coach: Weise

v t e Germany squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

4 Müller 6 Häner 7 Deecke 8 Wesley 9 Fürste 13 Hauke 14 Rabente 15 B. Weß 17 T. Weß 18 Korn 19 C. Zeller 21 Weinhold 22 Witthaus 23 Fuchs 25 P. Zeller 26 Stralkowski Coach: Weise

v t e Germany squad – 2012 Champions Trophy – 6th place

1 Jacobi 5 Wösch 7 Matania 9 Deecke 10 Grambusch 11 Hablawetz 17 Rühr 18 Korn 20 Reuss 21 Fürste 22 Miltkau 24 Fürk 25 Grell 27 Swiatek 28 Schmidt 29 Lietz 30 Polk 31 Mieling Coach: Weise

Persondata
Name	Fuerste, Moritz
Alternative names
Short description	German field hockey player
Date of birth	October 28, 1984
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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