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Loïck Luypaert

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Loïck Luypaert
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 33)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country Belgium
SportField hockey
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team

Loïck Luypaert (19 August 1991) (aka Pino or Lazy Horse) is a Belgian international field hockey player. He is member of the Belgian national team[1] He combines his sports career with an educational programme of Movement Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Between 2007 and 2009 he was active in Royal Herakles HC, in 2009 he moved to the KHC Dragons and since 2014 he plays for Kampong in Utrecht.[2] In 2011 he won the Golden Stick (in the category junior male players), a Belgian award for year's best field hockey player.[3] He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics but was eventually omitted in the final selection.[4] Luypaert became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.

References

  1. ^ "Belgische junioren Europees kampioen hockey" (in Dutch). sport.be.msn.com. 1 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Loïck Luypaert verkast naar Nederlandse topclub" (in Dutch). Sporza. 22 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Denayer en Nelen laureaten Gouden Stick 2011" (in Dutch). hockey.be. October 2011.
  4. ^ "Batch kiest 23 Red Lions voor OS" (in Dutch). website of the Belgian Olympic Team.