Florian Kunz
Florian Kunz (born February 22, 1972 in Leverkusen ) was the captain of the German men's national hockey team when they won the world championship for the first time.
Athletic career
Florian Kunz, who started playing hockey at the age of five, made his international debut in 1994 at the Champions Trophy in Lahore , in which his team took 2nd place. In 2001 he was named World Hockey Player of the Year after winning the Champions Trophy in Amsterdam with the national team . As captain of the German national field hockey team in 2002, he won the first German world championship title in Malaysia. Kunz was European champion five times, in 1995, 1999 and 2003 outdoors, and in 2001 and 2003 indoors.
In total, Kunz played 247 games in the German national team , 19 of them indoors. In 2004 he resigned after winning the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Athens and has been a real estate investor and developer ever since.
On April 16, 2005, he received the Silver Laurel Leaf for his sporting success .
Kunz played for the Gladbacher HTC , with whom he became German field hockey champion in 2002, and was cup winner in 1996 and 2000. In 1997, the Gladbach-based HTC won the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Web links
- Florian Kunz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Kunz in the Munzinger archive
Individual evidence
- ^ List of national hockey players
- ↑ Press release of the Federal President's Office of April 30, 2005 .... Awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf to the medal winners of the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games ...
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunz, Florian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German field hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leverkusen |