Ryan Julius
{{Short description|South African field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Ryan Julius
| fullname = Ryan Cowen Julius
| image = File:Ryan_Julius_2024.jpg
| caption = 2024 - Indoor IPT Men's A-Section: Western Province v Southern Gauteng
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa
| height =
| weight =
| position = Midfielder / Forward
| currentclub = Almeerse HC
| nationalyears1 = 2016
| nationalteam1 = South Africa u21
| nationalcaps1 = 18
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalyears2 = 201–present
| nationalteam2 = South Africa (indoor)
| nationalcaps2 = 32
| nationalgoals2 = 34
| nationalyears3 = 2016–2025
| nationalteam3 = South Africa
| nationalcaps3 = 86
| nationalgoals3 = 9
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{RSA}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Ismailia|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior African Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Windhoek|}}
{{MedalSport|Men's indoor hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|Indoor Africa Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Swakopmund|}}
| updated =18 March 2025
}}
Ryan Cowen Julius (born 19 July 1995) is a South African field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch club Almeerse HC and the South African national team.
He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1340645-julius-ryan-cowen.htm|title=Hockey JULIUS Ryan Cowen|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725222630/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1340645-julius-ryan-cowen.htm|url-status=dead}}
Club career
Julius only started playing hockey when he was 13 years old. He moved to the Netherlands in 2020 to play for Almeerse HC in the Hoofdklasse.{{cite web |title=Almeerse HC trekt buitenlanders aan |url=https://www.omroepflevoland.nl/sport/182834/almeerse-hc-trekt-buitenlanders-aan |website=omroepflevoland.nl |publisher=Omroep Flevoland |access-date=23 August 2021 |language=nl |date=27 June 2020}}
He retired from his international outdoor hockey career post the Olympic Games.{{Cite Instagram |user=officialteamrsa |postid=DHV3CM4ID1P |title=Farewell to Ryan Julius as he calls an end to his international career. |date=18 March 2025}}{{Cite web |title=Ryan Julius Calls Time on International Outdoor Hockey Career |website= SA Hockey Association |url=https://sahockey.co.za/2025/03/19/ryan-julius-calls-time-on-international-outdoor-hockey-career/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |language=en-US}}
Early life
References
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External links
- {{Sports links}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|id=55650}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2017 Africa Cup}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2018 Commonwealth Games}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2023 World Cup}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Field hockey players from Cape Town
Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic field hockey players for South Africa
Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:South African male field hockey players
Category:South African male indoor hockey players
Category:Male field hockey forwards
Category:Male field hockey midfielders
Category:Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
Category:2018 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players
Category:2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players
Category:21st-century South African sportsmen
Category:Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town
Category:University of the Western Cape alumni
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