| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Christopher Rühr | ||
| Born |
(1993-12-19) 19 December 1993 (age 31) Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kahlenberger HTC | |||
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 0000–2014 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | ||
| 2014–2015 | Club an der Alster | ||
| 2015–present | Rot-Weiss Köln | ||
| 2017 | → Ranchi Rays | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2012–present | Germany | 142 | (64) |
| Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 24 July 2021 | |||
Jan Christopher Rühr (born 19 December 1993) is a German field hockey player who plays as a forward for Rot-Weiss Köln and the Germany national team.
Rühr was awarded the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award in 2013 and 2015. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.
He was educated at Seaford College.
Career
Rühr played in his childhood as his 3 older siblings at Kahlenberger HTC, he played in the youth of Uhlenhorst Mülheim for 10 years and in the 2014–15 season in Hamburg for Club an der Alster for one year. He was voted "talent of the world" in January 2014, moved to Rot-Weiss Köln in 2015 and won the German field hockey championship in his first season with the Cologne team. In January 2016, he was voted the "Rising Star" (Best Youth Player of the World) for the second time. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ "Jan Christopher Rühr". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- "Christopher Ruhr". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- "Nationalspieler Portraits". hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Christopher Rühr – Hockey Stars 2015 Men's Rising Star of the Year". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "Three Old Seafordians Compete in Rio 2016 Olympics Hockey". Seaford College. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- "Deutscher Meister Herren verteidigen den Titel".
- "DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast)". hockey.de (in German). 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
External links
- Christopher Rühr at the International Hockey Federation
- Christopher Rühr at Olympedia (archive)
- Christopher Rühr at Olympics.com
- Christopher Rühr at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Christopher Rühr at Olympic.org (archived)
- Christopher Rühr at Team Deutschland (in German)
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- People educated at Seaford College
- German male field hockey players
- German male indoor hockey players
- Male field hockey forwards
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Olympic field hockey players for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Düsseldorf
- German expatriate field hockey players
- German expatriates in India
- Hockey India League players
- HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim players
- Der Club an der Alster players
- Rot-Weiss Köln players
- 2018 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- 21st-century German sportsmen