Gauthier Boccard

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Gauthier Boccard
Boccard in 2016
Personal information
Born (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 34)
Uccle, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Léopold
Youth career
Orée
Senior career
Years Team
2008–2009 Orée
2009–2022 Waterloo Ducks
2022–present Léopold
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2012–2025 Belgium 310 (26)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Raipur Team

Gauthier Boccard (born 26 August 1991) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Léopold and the Belgian national team. He played 310 matches for the Belgian national team from 2012 to 2025.

Club career

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In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Boccard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.[1][2] He also won three national title with the Waterloo Ducks. In March 2022 he signed a four-year contract at Royal Léopold Club from the summer of 2022 onwards.[3]

International career

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At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. Gauthier Boccard also participated with the Belgium men's national field hockey team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. The Belgian Red Lions made an impression during these Games, winning the silver medal, and Gauthier Boccard scored one goal.[4] He was a part of the Belgian squad which won Belgium its first World Cup and European title.[5] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[6] He was also part of the Belgian squad that won the gold medal at the delayed 2020 Olympics.[7]

Honours

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Waterloo Ducks

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Belgium

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References

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