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Loïck Luypaert
Personal information
Full name Loïck Fanny A. Luypaert
Born (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 32)
Edegem, Belgium
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Braxgata
Youth career
0000–2007 Braxgata
Senior career
Years Team
2007–2009 Herakles
2009–2014 Dragons
2014–2015 Kampong
2015– Braxgata
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Belgium 235
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 2013 Boom
Silver medal – second place 2017 Amstelveen
FIH Pro League
Silver medal – second place 2019 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Raipur Team
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 's-Hertogenbosch
Last updated on: 26 August 2019

Loïck Fanny A. Luypaert (born 19 August 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata and the Belgian national team.

He combines his sports career with an educational program of Movement Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Club career

Luypaert started playing hockey at Braxgata. Between 2007 and 2009 he was active in Royal Herakles HC, in 2009 he moved to the KHC Dragons. In 2011 he won the Golden Stick (in the category junior male players), a Belgian award for year's best field hockey player.[1] In 2014 he transferred to Kampong in Utrecht.[2] After one year he returned to Braxgata.[3]

International career

Luypaert became European champions with the Belgium U21 squad in 2012.[4] He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics but was eventually omitted in the final selection.[5] Luypaert became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom, Belgium. He was a part of the Belgian squad that won the 2018 World Cup. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[6] They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Denayer en Nelen laureaten Gouden Stick 2011" (in Dutch). hockey.be. October 2011.
  2. ^ "Loïck Luypaert verkast naar Nederlandse topclub" (in Dutch). Sporza. 22 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Red Lion Loïck Luypaert keert terug naar Braxgata". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Belgische junioren Europees kampioen hockey" (in Dutch). sport.be.msn.com. 1 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Batch kiest 23 Red Lions voor OS" (in Dutch). website of the Belgian Olympic Team. Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
  6. ^ "Red Lions – de selectie voor de Belfius Eurohockey Championships 2019". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  7. ^ "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.

External links

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