Gauthier Boccard

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Gauthier Boccard
Gauthier Boccard 2016 (Cropping).jpg
Boccard in 2016
Personal information
Born (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 30)
Uccle, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Waterloo Ducks
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Waterloo Ducks
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–present Belgium 233 (13)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Raipur Team
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Gauthier Boccard (born 26 August 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for the Waterloo Ducks and the Belgian national team.

In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Boccard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.[1][2]

International career[]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. Gauthier Boccard also participated with the Belgium men's national field hockey team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. The Belgian Red Lions made an impression during these Games, winning the silver medal, and Gauthier Boccard scored one goal.[3] He was a part of the Belgian squad which won Belgium its first World Cup and European title.[4] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[5] He was also part of the Belgian squad that won the gold medal at the delayed 2020 Olympics.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Waterloo Ducks winnen Euro Hockey League na 4-0-winst tegen Köln". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Waterloo Ducks in EHL heaven with remarkable 4-0 grand final success in Eindhoven". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Gauthier Boccard". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Gauthier BOCCARD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-12-24.

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