Moritz Fürste (born 28 October 1984) 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. He was a member of the Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

and

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

as well as at the

2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams represe ...

. He played at the Uhlenhorster Hockey Club in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

from 1989 till 2012. He was captain of the team. He has guided his team to success in the Euro Hockey League on three occasions, winning the title in 2007–08, 2009–10 and 2011–12. Fürste also helped his team to a second-place finish in the competition in the 2008–09 Season, when they were defeated by

HC Bloemendaal Hockey Club Bloemendaal (), commonly known as Bloemendaal, is a Dutch professional field hockey club based in Bloemendaal, North Holland. It was established on 26 April 1895, and is one of the oldest field hockey clubs in the Netherlands. Originall ...

of The Netherlands. Since 2012 he is playing at Spanish

Club de Campo Villa de Madrid Club de Campo Villa de Madrid is a country club, country and sports club located in Madrid, Spain. The club was formed in 1929, and is one of the most known in the city. It has a wide array of sports facilities including two championship 18-hole g ...

. After retiring after season 2018-2019 he just signed a new deal with Royal Beerschot THC in Belgium for 1 season. Moritz Fürste was named as the Euro Hockey League's Most Valuable Player in the 2007–08 and 2009–10 seasons. At the 2011 European Championship, he got the Award as Most Valuable Player of the tournament. After his nomination in 2010 and 2011 Fürste was named the IHF World Player of the Year in 2012.

Hockey India League

At the inaugural season of the

Hockey India League Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. It is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. It is considered one of the major sports leagues of the country. It was founded in 2013 as a part ...

, Fürste was named one of the six marquee players. At the player's auction, he was bought by

Ranchi Rhinos Ranchi Rhinos was a professional field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand, that played in the Hockey India League. The team won the inaugural season of Hockey India League defeating Delhi Waveriders by 2-1. It was owned by Patel-Uniexcel Gro ...

for 75,500, with his base price being 25,000. He captained the team to a first-place finish in the season. In the second season, the Rhinos finished third. Following the franchise's withdrawal from the League, the entire team was drafted under a new franchise and team named Ranchi Rays, for the third season. Fürste, however, pulled out of the tournament to represent his country at the 2015 Indoor World Cup. At the 2015 players' auctions, he was bought by

Kalinga Lancers Kalinga Lancers () is a professional field hockey franchise team based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Owned by Vedanta Limited since 2024, the franchise competes in the Hockey India League. History In their 2014 Hockey India League, inaugural season ...

for 105,000, from a base price of 30,000. His team finished fifth in the round-robin stage and failed to enter the knock-outs. In the 2016 season, he scored the team's lone goal in a 6–1 loss to Punjab Warriors in the final. Reaching the final again in the 2017 season, he scored twice from penalty corner in the final, in the 30th and 59th minutes to beat Dabang Mumbai 4–1. With 12 goals that included 11 penalty corner conversions and one field goal to his name, he emerged as the tournament's top-scorer alongside teammate

Glenn Turner Glenn Maitland Turner (born 26 May 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's most prolific batsmen. He played domestically for Otago for most of his career and played in England for Worcestershire County Cricket Club ...

Hyrox

Fürste co-founded

HYROX HYROX is an indoor fitness competition that combines of running and eight functional workout stations, alternating between running and Functional training, functional exercises. It bills itself as "The World Series of Fitness Racing" and "A Spo ...

, a fitness competition format, together with Christian Toetzke in 2017. Every competition starts with a 1 km run, followed by one functional movement, and these two elements are repeated eight times. To date, the 8 functional movements are SkiErg, Sled Push, Sled Pull, Burpee Broad Jump, Rowing, Farmers Carry, Sandbag Lunges, Wall Balls in this respective order. Initially started in Germany, the competition has since expanded worldwide. A network of Hyrox-affiliated gyms has also been established.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Furste, Moritz 1984 births Living people German male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players from Hamburg Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics German expatriate sportspeople in India Uhlenhorster HC players Hockey India League players 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players German male indoor hockey players 2007 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players 2011 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players 21st-century German sportsmen Hyrox Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga players Men's Euro Hockey League–winning players