Blake Govers

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Blake Govers
Personal information
Born (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 27)
Wollongong, New South Wales,
Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club NSW Waratahs
Senior career
Years Team
2014–2018 NSW Waratahs
2014–2015 Wimbledon
2016–2017 Bloemendaal
2019– NSW Pride
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Australia U–21 27 (27)
2015– Australia 97 (77)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bhubaneswar
FIH Pro League
Gold medal – first place 2019 Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2016 London
Gold medal – first place 2018 Breda
Hockey World League
Gold medal – first place 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team
Oceania Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stratford
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sydney
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rockhampton

Blake Govers (born 6 July 1996) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League and the Australian national team.

He is the younger brother of former international hockey player Kieran Govers. He coaches a group of young female athletes at the Southern River Hockey Club, based in the south of Perth, WA.

International career

He competed in the men's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics[1] and in the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At the 2018 World Cup he was the joint-topscorer with seven goals.[2] He was the topscorer of the 2019 FIH Pro League as he scored 12 goals in 14 matches for Australia.[3] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.[4]

Club career

During the 2014–15 season, Govers played for Wimbledon in England, where he scored five goals in the championship final.[5] He also played in the Netherlands for Bloemendaal in the 2016–17 season.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Blake Govers". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Belgium's Red Lions Win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Australia men win FIH Pro League and reclaim top spot in world rankings". FIH. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Lausanne: The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Blake Govers' high five underpins incredible Wimbledon win". ehlhockey.tv. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. ^ Scholte, Jolien (21 March 2016). "Australiër Blake Govers volgend seizoen in Bloemendaalse dienst". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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