Blake Govers

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Blake Govers
Govers in 2021
Personal information
Born (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 29)
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 Pride
Senior career
Years Team
2014–2018 NSW Waratahs
2014–2015 Wimbledon
2016–2017 Bloemendaal
2019– NSW Pride
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2012–2016 Australia U–21 27 (27)
2015– Australia 103 (89)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bhubaneswar
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team
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
Gold medal – first place 2023 Whangārei
Gold medal – first place 2025 Darwin

Blake Govers (born 6 July 1996) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the NSW Pride in the Hockey One League and the Australian national team.[1]

He is the younger brother of former international hockey player Kieran Govers.[2] He coaches a group of young female athletes at the Southern River Hockey Club, based in the south of Perth, WA.

International career

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He competed in the men's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics[3] and in the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At the 2018 World Cup he was the joint-topscorer with seven goals.[4] He was the topscorer of the 2019 FIH Pro League as he scored 12 goals in 14 matches for Australia.[5] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.[6]

Govers was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.[7]

Club career

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During the 2014–15 season, Govers played for Wimbledon in England, where he scored five goals in the championship final.[8] He also played in the Netherlands for Bloemendaal in the 2016–17 season.[9]

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 October 2015 Stratford, New Zealand File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 1–0 17–0 2015 Men's Oceania Cup
2. 5–0
3. 16–0
4. 24 October 2015 File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 19–0 36–0
5. 31–0
86. 7 March 2020 Perth, Australia File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2–0 5–1 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League
87. 3–0
88. 26 June 2021 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 4–2 7–3
89. 27 June 2021 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2–0 2–0
90. 24 July 2021 Tokyo, Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3–3 5–3 2020 Summer Olympics
91. 25 July 2021 File:Flag of India.svg India 5–1 7–1
92. 6–1
93. 27 July 2021 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1–1 5–2
94. 3–1
95. 28 July 2021 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3–1 4–2
96. 3 August 2021 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2–1 3–1
136. 11 February 2024 Bhubaneswar, India File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3–0 4–3 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League
137. 15 February 2024 File:Flag of India.svg India 1–1 6–4
138. 2–1
139. 16 February 2024 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1–3 5–4
140. 4–3
141. 22 February 2024 Rourkela, India File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland 1–0 4–1
142. 3–1
143. 24 February 2024 File:Flag of India.svg India 1–1 2–2 (0–3 p)
144. 1 June 2024 Antwerp, Belgium File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 4–3 4–3
145. 2 June 2024 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1–0 4–4 (2–3 p)
146. 4 June 2024 London, Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1–1 3–2
147. 3–2
148. 27 July 2024 Paris, France File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1–0 1–0 2024 Summer Olympics
149. 29 July 2024 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 2–1 2–1
150. 30 July 2024 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2–5 2–6
151. 1 August 2024 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2–0 5–0
152. 4–0
153. 5–0
154. 2 August 2024 File:Flag of India.svg India 2–3 2–3

References

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