Timur Oruz

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Timur Oruz
Personal information
Born (1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 29)
Krefeld, Germany[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Rot-Weiss Köln
Youth career
0000–2012 Crefelder HTC
Senior career
Years Team
2012–2013 Crefelder HTC
2013–2014 Uhlenhorst Mülheim
2014–2015 Crefelder HTC
2015–present Rot-Weiss Köln
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2023 Germany 115 (29)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bhubaneswar
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 New Delhi
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Waterloo

Timur Oruz (born 27 October 1994)[2] is a German field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Bundesliga club Rot-Weiss Köln. He played a total of 115 matches for the German national team from 2014 until 2023.[3]

International career[edit]

Oruz represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] In February 2024 he announced his retirement from the national team.[5]

Club career[edit]

Oruz started playing hockey at Crefelder HTC. In 2013 he left Crefelder HTC for Uhlenhorst Mülheim.[6] After one season he returned to his club in Krefeld and in 2015 he moved to his current club Rot-Weiss Köln.[7] He won his first Bundesliga title directly in his first season in 2016.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Oruz was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of six[9] His sister Selin Oruz is also a field hockey player for the national team.[10]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Rot-Weiss Köln

National team[edit]

Germany U21
Germany

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Timur Oruz". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Timur Oruz". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Nationalspieler Portraits". www.hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  4. ^ "DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast)". hockey.de (in German). 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Timur Oruz hört in Hockey-Nationalmannschaft auf". sportschau (in German). Sportschau. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Krefeld vermeldet auch Abgänge". www.hockeyliga.de (in German). 5 July 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Hypothek im Finale: Oruz suspendiert". wz.de (in German). Westdeutsche Zeitung. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Timur Oruz - mit Ehrgeiz und Disziplin festgefahrene Fundamente einreißen". hockey.de (in German). 11 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Timur Oruz – That's how he rolls". www.rehacare.com. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  10. ^ Westhoff, Alex (12 August 2016). ""Die kleine Schwester gilt es zu beschützen"". www.faz.net (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

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