Maximilian Müller (born 11 July 1987) is a

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 from

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Born in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

, he was a member of the men's national teams that won the gold medal at the

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and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He is now captain of the German team.

References

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

External links

* 1987 births Living people German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Germany Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nuremberg 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players 21st-century German people {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub