Jan Christopher Rühr (born 19 December 1993) is a German

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who plays as a forward for

Rot-Weiss Köln Kölner Tennis- und Hockey-Club Stadion Rot-Weiss e.V., also known as KTHC Stadion Rot-Weiss or simply Rot-Weiss Köln, is a German professional field hockey and tennis club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. The home ground is the Kölner S ...

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 The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, where he won the bronze medal. He was educated at

Seaford College Seaford College is an independent Mixed-sex education, co-educational boarding school, boarding and day school at East Lavington, south of Petworth, West Sussex, England. Founded in 1884, it is a member of the Headmasters Conference, Headmaster ...

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 Der Club an der Alster is a field hockey and tennis club located in Hamburg, Germany. The men's team have won seven Bundesliga titles, with the most recent one being won in the 2010–11 season. The women's team won their first Bundesliga title i ...

for one year. He was voted "talent of the world" in January 2014, moved to

in 2015 and won the German field hockey championship in his first season with the

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

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 The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruhr, Christopher 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