Luca Masso
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| Nationality | Argentine, Belgian | |||||||||||
| Born | July 17, 1994 | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Argentina | |||||||||||
| Sport | Field Hockey | |||||||||||
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Luca Masso (born 17 July 1994) is an Argentine field hockey player.[1] He was part of the Argentine team that won gold in men's field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also holds Belgian nationality.
Masso was born in Brussels, Belgium to an Argentine-born father, Eduardo, and a Belgian mother, Sabrina Merckx. He comes from a family of sportsmen. His father Eduardo Masso is a former tennis player who represented Belgium at the Davis Cup. His maternal grandfather is the Belgian former cycling champion Eddy Merckx, a five-time Tour de France winner. His maternal uncle, Axel Merckx, is an Olympic bronze medalist in cycling for Belgium.
References
- ^ "Athletes - Famous Olympic Athletes, Medalists, Sports Heroes". International Olympic Committee. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
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Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Brussels
- Belgian people of Argentine descent
- Argentine people of Belgian descent
- Naturalized citizens of Argentina
- Belgian male field hockey players
- Argentine male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Argentina
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina