Simon Gougnard
Gougnard at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Pierre Gougnard | ||
Born |
Nivelles, Belgium | 17 January 1991||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Dragons | ||
Youth career | |||
Pingouin | |||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2009 | Waterloo Ducks | ||
2009–2010 | |||
2010–2012 | Oranje Zwart | ||
2012–2013 | Racing | ||
2013–2015 | Bloemendaal | ||
2015–2017 | Racing | ||
2017–2019 | Waterloo Ducks | ||
2019–2021 | Leuven | ||
2021–present | Dragons | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–present | Belgium | 292 | (20) |
Last updated on: 24 July 2021 |
Simon Pierre Gougnard (born 17 January 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dragons and the Belgium national team.
Club career[]
Gougnard played club hockey in Belgium for the Waterloo Ducks until 2009, when he transferred to the Netherlands to play for TMHC Tilburg. He left them after one season to play for Oranje Zwart.[1] In 2012, he returned to Belgium because of his study.[2] He played one year in Belgium for Racing Bruxelles.
In 2013, Gougnard went back to the Netherlands, where he signed a two-year contract for Bloemendaal.[3] He played for Bloemendaal until 2015, when he returned to Racing Bruxelles. In 2017, he went back to the Waterloo Ducks.[4] In April 2019, he agreed to play for Leuven from the 2019–20 season onwards.[5][6] During that year's Euro Hockey League, Gougnard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.[7][8] After two seasons, he left Leuven for Dragons in 2021.[9]
International career[]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[10] Gougnard became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. During the 2018 World Cup, he lost his father and in the match on the next day against England, Belgium played with a mourning band.[11] Gougnard scored the 2–0 in that match and eventually they won the tournament by defeating the Netherlands in the final. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[12] They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final.[13] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[14]
References[]
- ^ Beenen, Bram (9 June 2010). "Hockeyer Gougnard verlaat Tilburg". www.omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "International Gougnard vertrekt bij OZ". www.ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Bloemendaal trekt twee Belgen aan". www.volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Waterloo Ducks Make Huge Signings of Gougnard and Van Strydonck". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Transferts : Simon Gougnard à Louvain". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Red Lion Simon Gougnard verlaat Waterloo Ducks voor promovendus Leuven". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Waterloo Ducks in EHL heaven with remarkable 4-0 grand final success in Eindhoven". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Un nouveau challenge pour Simon Gougnard" (in French). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Simon Gougnard". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Red Lions eren overleden vader van doelpuntenmaker Gougnard met WK-finale: "Deze wedstrijd was voor zijn familie"". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Red Lions – de selectie voor de Belfius Eurohockey Championships 2019". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links[]
- Simon Gougnard at Olympedia
- Simon Gougnard at FIH
- Simon Gougnard at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Nivelles
- Belgian male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Olympic field hockey players of Belgium
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Oranje Zwart players
- HC Bloemendaal players
- Waterloo Ducks H.C. players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- Expatriate field hockey players
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- KHC Leuven players
- Royal Racing Club Bruxelles players