Xavi Lleonart
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Full name | Xavier Lleonart Blanco | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Terrassa, Spain | 22 June 1990|||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current club | Real Club de Polo | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
–2012 | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2017 | Real Club de Polo | |||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Bloemendaal | |||||||||||||||
2018–present | Real Club de Polo | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2009–present | Spain | 208 | (41) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 24 July 2021 |
Xavier Lleonart Blanco (born 22 June 1990) is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a forward for Real Club de Polo and the Spanish national team.
Club career[]
Lleonart came through the youth ranks of where he played in the first team until the 2011–12 season. He joined Real Club de Polo after the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] In 2017 he joined Dutch club Bloemendaal.[2] He won the 2017–18 Euro Hockey League with Bloemendaal before returning to Real Club de Polo after one season.[3]
International career[]
At the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, Lleonart competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[4][5] He represented Spain at the 2018 World Cup.[6][7] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he won his first medal with the national team as they finished second.[8] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[9]
References[]
- ^ "El Polo fitxa Xavi Lleonart, del CD Terrassa". naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Scholte, Jolien (19 April 2017). "Lleonart Blanco en Swaen nieuwe aanwinsten Bloemendaal". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Stockmann, Dwyer and Lleonart finish on a high with Bloemendaal". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Xavi Lleonart". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Xavi Lleonart Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ "LOS #REDSTICKS, ¡YA TIENEN LISTA PARA EL CAMPEONATO DEL MUNDO!". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Hockey Men's World Cup 2018: Team Details Spain". International Hockey Federation. p. 16.
- ^ Gilmour, Rod (24 August 2019). "EuroHockey 2019 final: peerless Belgium men storm to first title, 5-0 over Spain". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Los #Redsticks Ya Tienen Lista Para El Campeonato De Europa". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links[]
- Xavi Lleonart at the International Hockey Federation
- Xavi Lleonart at Olympedia
- Xavi Lleonart at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Terrassa
- Spanish male field hockey players
- Male field hockey forwards
- 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 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 Spain
- Real Club de Polo de Barcelona players
- HC Bloemendaal players
- División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- Expatriate field hockey players
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Spanish field hockey biography stubs