ORUZ Timur

Date of Birth: 27 Oct 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.87/6'1''

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : COLOGNE

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Men GER Germany	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool B #M06 CAN Canada 1 GER Germany 7	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool B #M11 GER Germany 1 BEL Belgium 3	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool B #M16 GER Germany 5 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool B #M23 RSA South Africa 4 GER Germany 3	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool B #M29 GER Germany 3 NED Netherlands 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Quarter-final #M32 GER Germany 3 ARG Argentina 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Semi-final #M35 AUS Australia 3 GER Germany 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Bronze Medal Match #M37 GER Germany 4 IND India 5	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

FIH Pro League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2020
6	Men	2019

World League Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2016/2017	Bhubaneswar, IND

EuroHockey Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2021	Amsterdam, NED
4	Men	2019	Antwerp, BEL

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Law - University of Cologne, Germany

Languages spoken:

English, German

Rot-Weiss Koln [Cologne, GER] since 2015/16

Andre Henning [club]; Kais al Saadi [national], GER

Position style:

Midfielder (faz.net, 12 Aug 2016)

Sporting relatives:

His sister Selin has also represented Germany in hockey and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (rp-online.de, 27 Jul 2013; wz.de, 05 Feb 2016)

2014 for Germany Against India, in Bhubaneswar, India (partner-der-fans.de, 01 Jan 2015)

He suffered a knee injury in 2017. (hockey.de, 19 Aug 2019)

National league:

Bundesliga [GER] (sport-rhein-erft.de, 31 Aug 2019)

He took up the sport at age four with Crefelder HTC. (timuroruz.de, 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (timuroruz.de, 2018)

Winning bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (timuroruz.de, 2018)

German football player Dimo Wache. (hockey.de, 19 Aug 2019)

His family. (rehacare.com, 25 Apr 2018)

General Interest

General
DIABETES
At age seven he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. "I want to serve as a role model for the younger generation that despite being diagnosed with diabetes, you can become a competitive athlete." (timuroruz.de, 2018)

FURTHER STUDIES
After completing high school, he wanted to study medicine like both his parents, however he did not receive an offer. After a few years of studying law, he started to study medicine at Witten/Herdecke University after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (pwc.de, 2020; faz.net, 12 Aug 2016)

FAMILY BACKGROUND
His father moved to Germany as a teenager from Istanbul, Turkey. Timur and his sister Selin have been involved in programme of the German Olympic Sports Confederation promoting integration. (timuroruz.de, 2018; faz.net, 12 Aug 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010533431353
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/timuroruz27/
https://instagram.com/timuroruz/
Athlete Website: https://timuroruz.de/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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