Christopher Rühr

Christopher Rühr
Personal information
Full name	Jan Christopher Rühr
Born	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
2012–present	Germany
Medal record
Representing Germany
Men's field hockey
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroHockey Championship
Champions Trophy
Junior World Cup
Men's indoor hockey
Indoor World Cup
	Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Jan Christopher Rühr (born 19 December 1993)^[1]^[2] is a German field hockey player who plays as a forward for Rot-Weiss Köln and the Germany national team.^[3]

Rühr was awarded the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award in 2013 and 2015.^[4] He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.

He was educated at Seaford College.^[5]

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.^[6] In January 2016, he was voted the "Rising Star" (Best Youth Player of the World) for the second time.^[4] On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "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)

[Deutsche_Olympiamannschaft_Profile-1] "Jan Christopher Rühr". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

[2] "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.

[3] "Nationalspieler Portraits". hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[Award-4] "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.

[5] "Three Old Seafordians Compete in Rio 2016 Olympics Hockey". Seaford College. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[6] "Deutscher Meister Herren verteidigen den Titel".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "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.

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