Tom Boon

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Tom Boon
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Boon in 2016
Personal information
Full name Tom Alain Boon
Born (1990-01-25) 25 January 1990 (age 36)
Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Léopold
Youth career
White Star
Senior career
Years Team
White Star
–2013 Racing
2013–2015 Bloemendaal
2015–2019 Racing
2019–present Léopold
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2008–present Belgium 354 (294)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 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 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 2013 Boom
Silver medal – second place 2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Raipur Team
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

Tom Alain Boon (born 25 January 1990) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for Léopold and the Belgium national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest field hockey players in the world.

He won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.[1]

Club career

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He started at Royal White Star HC, and after also having played for Bloemendaal, he played four years for the Belgian team Racing Club de Bruxelles.[2] In 2019, he moved to the 2018–19 Belgian national champions, Léopold, where he signed a contract for five seasons.[3]

International career

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Boon made his debut in the national team in 2008. In 2009 he finished fifth with this team at the European Championship in Amstelveen and in 2011 they finished fourth at the European Championship in Mönchengladbach. In 2011, he also won the Champions Challenge. With his club Racing Brussels, he became Belgian field hockey champion for five consecutive years (2009–2013). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament that came fifth.[4] Boon became European silver medalist with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. In spite of his opening goal against Germany, Belgium lost the final by 1–3.[5]

At the 2016 Olympics, he was part of the Belgium team that on the silver medal. Boon himself scored a goal in the quarter-final.[1] At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, where Belgium won its first European title,[6] he was the top goalscorer together with three other players with five goals.[7] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8]

Personal life

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Boon was born in a hockey family. His grandmother Jacqueline Ronsmans was a Belgian international player, just like his mother Carine Boon-Coudron and his uncles Eric and Marc Coudron (Belgian record international with 358 games). His sister Jill Boon has also played Olympic hockey for Belgium.[9][10]

International goals

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Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 August 2012 London, United Kingdom File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1–0 2–1 2012 Summer Olympics
2. 5 August 2012 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1–0 1–1
3. 7 August 2012 File:Flag of India.svg India 3–0 3–0
4. 11 August 2012 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2–1 5–2
5. 4–1
6. 6 May 2013 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 1–0 19–0 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
7. 2–0
8. 8–0
9. 9–0
10. 16–0
11. 18–0
12. 19–0
13. 7 May 2013 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 4–1 7–1
14. 6–1
15. 9 May 2013 File:Flag of France.svg France 1–1 3–2
16. 11 May 2013  Canada 1–0 5–2
17. 4–1
18. 12 May 2013 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 6–0 10–1
19. 8–1
20. 10–1
21. 15 June 2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands File:Flag of France.svg France 3–0 3–0 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
22. 19 June 2013 File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland 5–2 6–3
23. 21 June 2013 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2–1 3–2
24. 3–1
25. 23 June 2013  Australia 1–1 2–2 (7–6 p)
26. 17 August 2013 Boom, Belgium File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1–1 2–1 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship
27. 2–1
28. 19 August 2013 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2–0 4–0
29. 21 August 2013 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1–0 2–2
30. 25 August 2013 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1–0 1–3
116. 1 February 2020 Auckland, New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3–0 6–2 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League
117. 6–2
118. 31 October 2020 Brussels, Belgium File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 2–1 3–2
119. 5 June 2021 Amstelveen, Netherlands File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2–1 4–2 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship
120. 4–1
121. 6 June 2021 File:Flag of England.svg England 1–1 1–2
122. 8 June 2021 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 7–1 9–2
123. 12 June 2021 File:Flag of England.svg England 1–0 3–2
124. 3–1
125. 29 July 2021 Tokyo, Japan  Canada 8–1 9–1 2020 Summer Olympics
126. 30 July 2021 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1–1 2–2
127. 1 August 2021 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2–1 3–1
286. 2 June 2024 Antwerp, Belgium  Australia 1–1 4–4 (3–2 p) 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League
287. 25 June 2024 Utrecht, Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1–0 1–3
288. 27 July 2024 Paris, France File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1–0 2–0 2024 Summer Olympics
289. 30 July 2024  Australia 2–0 6–2
290. 3–1
291. 6–2

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