Ryan Cowen Julius (born 19 July 1995) is a South African

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays as a forward for Dutch club Almeerse HC and the

South African national team South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

. He competed in the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

Club career

Julius only started playing hockey when he was 13 years old. He moved to the Netherlands in 2020 to play for Almeerse HC in the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...

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* * 1995 births Living people Field hockey players from Cape Town Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for South Africa Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games South African male field hockey players South African male indoor hockey players Male field hockey forwards Male field hockey midfielders Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century South African people 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 2018 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players 2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub