Maximilian Müller (born 11 July 1987) is a

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 from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. Born in

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

, 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, were 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 for 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 German male indoor hockey players 2011 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub