Gauthier Boccard
![]() Boccard in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Born |
Uccle, Belgium | 26 August 1991||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||
Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Léopold | ||
Youth career | |||
Orée | |||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2008–2009 | Orée | ||
2009–2022 | Waterloo Ducks | ||
2022–present | Léopold | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–present | Belgium | 247 | (13) |
Last updated on: 13 May 2022 |
Gauthier Boccard (born 26 August 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Léopold and the Belgian national team.
Club career
In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Boccard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.[1][2] He also won three national title with the Waterloo Ducks. In March 2022 he signed a four year contract at Royal Léopold Club from the summer of 2022 onwards.[3]
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.[4] He was a part of the Belgian squad which won Belgium its first World Cup and European title.[5] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[6] He was also part of the Belgian squad that won the gold medal at the delayed 2020 Olympics.[7]
Honours
Waterloo Ducks
- Euro Hockey League: 2018–19
- Belgian Hockey League: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
Belgium
- Olympic gold medal: 2020
- Olympic silver medal: 2016
- World Cup: 2018
- EuroHockey Championship: 2019
- FIH Pro League: 2020–21
References
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Gauthier Boccard rejoindra le Léopold à la fin de la saison". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Gauthier BOCCARD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
External links
- Gauthier Boccard at the International Hockey Federation
- Gauthier Boccard at Olympedia
- Gauthier Boccard at Olympics.com
- Gauthier Boccard at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Uccle
- Belgian male field hockey players
- Male field hockey defenders
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 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
- Waterloo Ducks H.C. players
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Royal Léopold Club players
- Field hockey players from Brussels
- Belgian field hockey biography stubs