Jan Schiffer

{{Short description|German field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Jan Schiffer

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|05|03}}

| birth_place = Germany

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| position = Midfield

| currentclub = Uhlenhorst Mülheim

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| nationalyears1 = 2016–2019

| nationalteam1 = Germany U–21

| nationalcaps1 = 50

| nationalgoals1 = 31

| nationalyears2 = 2020–

| nationalteam2 = Germany

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

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{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}

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{{MedalCompetition|FIH Junior World Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Lucknow|}}

{{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Junior Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Valencia|}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Valencia|}}

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Jan Schiffer (born 5 May 1998){{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/435/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Germany |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=9 March 2022}} is a German field hockey player.{{cite web |url=https://magazin.hockey.de/players/676/Jan-Schiffer?r=3729dc8f-f096-4de6-883b-f4f3a7a1e6e0 |title=Jan Schiffer |publisher=Deutscher Hockey-Bund |website=hockey.de |language=German |accessdate=9 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://eurohockey.altiusrt.com/people/4930 |title=SCHIFFER Jan |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=eurohockey.altiusrt.com |accessdate=9 March 2022}}

Career

=Club level=

In club competition, Schiffer plays for Uhlenhorst Mülheim in the German Bundesliga.{{cite web |url=https://www.htc-uhlenhorst.de/1-Herren |title=1. Herren |publisher=HTC Uhlenhorst Mülheim |website=htc-uhlenhorst.de |language=German |accessdate=9 March 2022}}

=Junior national team=

Jan Schiffer made his debut for the German U–21 team in 2016. His first appearance was during a test series in Mannheim.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/Teams-DHB/EventKader.asp?lokal=DHB&eventid=4204 |title=LS mit AUT -NED |publisher=Deutscher Hockey-Bund |website=hockey.de |language=German |accessdate=9 March 2022}} Later that year he went on to represent the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Lucknow, winning a bronze medal.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/16554 |title=SCHIFFER Jan |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=9 March 2022}}

In 2017, he won a second bronze medal with the junior team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia.{{cite web |url=https://archive.eurohockey.org/2017/09/03/dutch-gold-once-again-as-the-oranje-shoot-down-belgium-in-mens-junior-euro-final/ |title=DUTCH GOLD ONCE AGAIN AS THE ORANJE SHOOT DOWN BELGIUM IN MEN’S JUNIOR EURO FINAL |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=archive.eurohockey.org |accessdate=9 March 2022}}

His final year with the team was 2019. He made multiple appearances throughout the year, competing in numerous test matched and at an eight-nations tournament in Madrid. He finished his junior career on a high, winning gold at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia.{{cite web |url=https://archive.eurohockey.org/2019/07/21/germany-lifts-the-junior-eurohockey-cup-men/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020031949/https://archive.eurohockey.org/2019/07/21/germany-lifts-the-junior-eurohockey-cup-men/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2020 |title=GERMANY LIFTS THE JUNIOR EUROHOCKEY CUP, MEN |publisher=European Hockey Federation |website=archive.eurohockey.org |accessdate=9 March 2022 }}

=National team=

Schiffer made his debut for the German national team in 2020, during a test series against South Africa in Johannesburg.

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