Augustin Meurmans
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Augustin Jean Meurmans | ||
Born |
Ottignies, Belgium | 29 May 1997||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Racing | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2015 | LARA Wavre HC | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2015–present | Racing | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Belgium U21 | 14 | (1) |
2017–2021 | Belgium | 74 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
Last updated on: 10 May 2022 |
Augustin Jean Meurmans (born 29 May 1997) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Racing Club de Bruxelles.[1]
International career
[edit]He was part of the Belgian selection that placed for the final at the 2017 European Championship in Amstelveen.[2] Initially, he was not selected for the 2018 World Cup but he replaced John-John Dohmen later in the tournament who had to withdraw injured.[3] He played in Belgium's last four matches of the tournament, which they eventually won by defeating the Netherlands in the final. In November 2021 he announced he would take a break from the national team to focus on his studies.[4]
Honours
[edit]![]() | This section includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (July 2022) |
- Racing
- Belgium
References
[edit]- ^ "World League - we ontmoetten de jonge Augustin Meurmans op de eerste rustdag" (in Dutch). Hockeynews.be. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "België - Rabo EuroHockey Championships 2017" (in Dutch). Rabo EuroHockey Championships 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Pech voor Red Lions: John-John Dohmen verlaat WK hockey door bronchitis". hln.be (in Dutch). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Augustin Meurmans stopt (tijdelijk) bij Red Lions en focust op studies". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ Thys, Werner (8 May 2022). "Racing verovert eerste hockeytitel sinds 1941". hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Augustin Meurmans at the International Hockey Federation
- Augustin Meurmans at Olympedia
- Augustin Meurmans at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
- Belgian male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Royal Racing Club Bruxelles players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Belgium
- Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Sportspeople from Walloon Brabant
- Belgian field hockey biography stubs