Christopher Rühr Explained

Christopher Rühr
Fullname:Jan Christopher Rühr
Birth Date:1993 12, df=y
Birth Place:Düsseldorf, Germany
Height:1.80 m
Weight:77 kg
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Kahlenberger HTC
Youthclubs2:Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Clubs1:Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Years1:–2014
Clubs2:Club an der Alster
Years2:2014–2015
Clubs3:Rot-Weiss Köln
Years3:2015–present
Clubs4:Ranchi Rays
Years4:2017
Caps4:8
Goals4:2
Nationalteam1:Germany
Nationalyears1:2012–present
Nationalcaps1:142
Nationalgoals1:64
Updated: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. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jan Christopher Rühr . Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de . de . . 2 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Christopher Ruhr . Rio2016.com . . 19 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815061320/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/christopher-ruhr . 15 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Nationalspieler Portraits . hockey.de . . 4 November 2019 . de.
  4. Web site: Christopher Rühr – Hockey Stars 2015 Men's Rising Star of the Year . fih.ch . . 5 March 2019 . 3 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306064612/http://www.fih.ch/news/christopher-ruehr-hockey-stars-2015-mens-rising-star-of-the-year/ . 6 March 2019 . live .
  5. Web site: Three Old Seafordians Compete in Rio 2016 Olympics Hockey . Seaford College . 5 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190505134123/https://www.seaford.org/author/sharper/ . 5 May 2019 . dead.
  6. Web site: Deutscher Meister Herren verteidigen den Titel .
  7. Web site: DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast). hockey.de. 28 May 2021. de. 28 May 2021. 7 June 2021. https://archive.today/20210607030932/https://web.hockey.de/news/fmj1v7.html. dead.