Niklas Wellen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
14 December 1994 Krefeld, Germany[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Pinoké | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crefelder HTC | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2010–2020 | Crefelder HTC | ||
| 2020–present | Pinoké | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–present | Germany | 136 | (40) |
| Last updated on: 29 June 2020 | |||
Niklas Wellen (born 14 December 1994)[2] is a German field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch club Pinoké and the Germany national team.[3]
He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal.
Club career
Wellen played for the first team of Crefelder HTC since he was 16 years old.[4] In February 2020 he signed a two-year contract at Pinoké in the Netherlands from the 2020–21 season onwards.[4]
References
- ^ "Niklas Wellen". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Niklas Wellen". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Nationalspieler Portraits". www.hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ a b Wester, Eelko (13 February 2020). "Duits international Niklas Wellen naar Pinoké". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
External links
- Niklas Wellen at the International Hockey Federation
- Niklas Wellen at Olympics.com
- Niklas Wellen at Olympics.com
- Niklas Wellen at Team Deutschland (in German)
- Niklas Wellen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- Male field hockey forwards
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- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
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- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
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