Moritz Fürste

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Moritz Fürste Field hockey

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Moritz Fürste (2019)

Birthday: October 28, 1984
Place of birth: Hamburg , Germany

Club information

Club: Uhlenhorster HC
Position: Midfield

Clubs in the youth

Uhlenhorster HC

Clubs as active

2013–: Uhlenhorster HC
2013–: Ranchi Rhinos
2012–2013: Club de Campo Madrid
–2018: Uhlenhorster HC

Club successes

2018: German Indoor Hockey Champion
2014: 3rd place Hockey India League
2013: Winner Hockey India League
2012: Winner Euro Hockey League
2010: Winner Euro Hockey League
2008: Winner Euro Hockey League

Awards

2014: MVP Champions Trophy
2012: Hamburg's Sportsman of the Year
2012: World hockey player
2010: MVP Euro Hockey League
2008: MVP Euro Hockey League

National team successes

2018: 3rd place European Indoor Hockey Championships
2016: Bronze XXXI. Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
2015: 2nd place 15th European Field Hockey Championship
2015: 3rd place 4th Indoor Hockey World Championships
2014: 1st place Champions Trophy
2014: 1st place 16th European Indoor Hockey Championships
2013: 1st place 14th Field Hockey European Championship
2012: Gold XXX. Olympic Games in London
2011: 1st place 13th European Field Hockey Championship
2011: 1st place 3rd Indoor Hockey World Championships
2010: 2nd place 12th Field Hockey World Championships
2009: 2nd place Champions Trophy
2009: 2nd place 12th Field Hockey EM
2008: Gold XXIX. Olympic Games in Beijing
2007: 1st place Champions Trophy
2007: 4th place 11th European Field Hockey Championship
2007: 1st place 2nd Indoor Hockey World Championship
2006: 2nd place Champions Trophy
2006: 1st place 11th World Hockey Championship

* As of June 4, 2018.

Moritz Fürste (born October 28, 1984 in Hamburg ) is a former German hockey player who became Olympic champion in 2008 and 2012 and won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 .

Career

Moritz Fürste (left) with Jan Philipp Rabente , 2012

Moritz Fürste played for Uhlenhorster HC since his youth . His brother Jonas also played in the same team ; the brothers' greatest success with the club was winning the Euro Hockey League three times in 2008, 2010 and 2012. In 2008 and 2010 he was also recognized as the most valuable player in the Euro Hockey League. For the 2012/13 season he moved to the Spanish club Club de Campo Madrid , but returned after a year.

In 2005 Moritz Fürste made his debut in the German national hockey team . That same year, the midfielder finished fourth in the FIH Champions Trophy . In 2006 the German team finished second in the Champions Trophy. The team was even more successful at the World Championships in Mönchengladbach when it defended the 2002 title. In 2007, Fürstes won the second world championship at the World Indoor Championships in Vienna. In the outdoor season, the German team won the Champions Trophy 2007. At the 2008 Olympic Games , he won gold with the German team. He was runner-up in the European Championship behind England in 2009 and World Championship runner-up behind Australia in India in 2010 . In February 2011 he was part of the successful team at the 2011 World Indoor Hockey Championship . In August 2011, the German team won the final against the Netherlands at the European Field Hockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. He won gold again at the 2012 Olympics .

In January and February 2013, Fürste played in the newly founded Hockey India League (HIL). He had applied on his own initiative and was drafted by the Ranchi Rhinos team for three years. In a four-week game round, five franchises determined the Indian champion. In the final, Fürste won as captain with his team 2-1 against the Delhi Waveriders with the Germans Nicolas Jacobi and Oskar Deecke . He was also voted best player of the finals. He received $ 84,000 for his guest performance. In the summer he defended the European title as captain with the German team .

After the 2016 Olympic Games , Moritz Fürste ended his career in the national team . He played a total of 289 international matches, 27 of them indoors.

In 2012 he was recognized as a world hockey player. After the Olympic victories in 2008 and 2012, as well as third place in 2016, Fürste and his teammates were each honored with the silver laurel leaf .

As announced in advance, Moritz Fürste ended his career on June 3, 2018. On the last matchday of the regular season of the field hockey Bundesliga 2017/18, Fürste and his Uhlenhorster HC lost to city rivals Harvestehuder THC 3: 4, although he was able to score two more goals for his team.

Private life

When Moritz Fürste was nine years old, his father Peter died at the age of 37 when the Baltic ferry Estonia sank in 1994.

After completing a dual course of study at the HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration in Media Management in connection with an apprenticeship in marketing communication at a Hamburg advertising agency, Fürste completed a degree in media management in Hamburg and then studied business psychology at the SRH FernHochschule Riedlingen . Fürste worked for the advertising agency Thjnk, in April 2017 he founded the sports marketing company Upsolut Sports GmbH together with Michael Trautmann and Christian Troetzke and became a managing partner.

Fürste is married and has two daughters.

Awards

Others

In May 2016, Fürste was one of the initiators of a rescue operation for the Hamburg Freezers ice hockey team , whose operator had announced that they would not apply for a license for the 2016/17 season in the German Ice Hockey League . Although a large sum of money was generated within a few days, the Freezers operator stuck to his decision.

From January 30, 2018, Fürste took part in the third season of the competition show Eternal Heroes . On December 1, 2018, he was elected a "personal member" of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). In 2018, together with journalist Björn Jensen, he published the book Beside World Class. Out of love for sport , which describes Fürstes career path.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Müller, Fürste and "Team Hamburg" Sportsman of the Year Hamburger Abendblatt, February 25, 2013, accessed on December 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ Olympic champion Fürste moves to Madrid Spox.com, June 13, 2012, accessed on February 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ 49 viewers, 23 dogs: Fürste is still "buck" Hamburger Abendblatt, September 6, 2013, accessed on January 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Four Olympic champions will be “auctioned” in India. Focus online, October 26, 2012, accessed on February 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Prince becomes champions in India Sport1.de, February 11, 2013, accessed on February 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ Federal President Köhler presents Hockey-Assen with a silver laurel leaf. In: The world. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
  7. ↑ www.bundespraesident.de: The Federal President / Travel and Dates / Awarding of the Silver Laurel Leaf. In: www.bundespraesident.de. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Again the Olympics in Germany? “Absolutely!” In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . June 4, 2018, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed June 4, 2018]).
  9. ↑ hockey.de: match reports. Retrieved June 4, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Hockey hero Moritz Fürste - that's why he cried on TV show . In: stern.de . February 28, 2018 ( stern.de [accessed March 1, 2018]).
  11. ↑ Interview with Moritz Fuerste. In: dub.de. May 14, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Jens Meyer-Odewald: Upsolut Sports: New start under the old name. April 11, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Award for special commitment to the Olympic idea ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) SRH Fernhochschule, March 26, 2015.
  14. ^ Sport1.de: Hockey Olympic champion Moritz Fürste fights for Hamburg Freezers. In: Sport1.de. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Sport1.de: Moritz Fürste reacts disappointed to Aus der Hamburg Freezers. In: Sport1.de. Retrieved May 28, 2016 .
  16. ^ Hockey player Moritz Fürste. In: vox.de. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
  17. ↑ MV 2018: 15 personal members elected. In: DOSB. December 1, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  18. ↑ The hockey star Fürste and the call from the Chancellery. Berliner Morgenpost, February 18, 2018, accessed on February 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Prince, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg