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Loïck Luypaert

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Loïck Luypaert
Personal information
Full name Loïck Fanny Luypaert
Born (1991-08-19)19 August 1991(age 33)
Edegem,Belgium
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Braxgata
Youth career
0000–2007 Braxgata
Senior career
Years Team
2007–2009 Herakles
2009–2014 Dragons
2014–2015 Kampong
2015–present Braxgata
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2024 Belgium 315 (100)

Loïck Fanny Luypaert(born 19 August 1991) is a Belgianfield hockeyplayer who plays as a defender forBraxgata.He played 315 matches for theBelgian national teamfrom 2012 to 2024.

He combines his sports career with an educational program of Movement Science at theVrije Universiteit Brussel.

Club career

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Luypaert started playing hockey at Braxgata. Between 2007 and 2009, he was active in Royal Herakles HC, in 2009 he moved to theKHC Dragons.In 2011, he won the Golden Stick (in the category junior male players), a Belgian award for year's best field hockey player.[1]In 2014, he transferred toKamponginUtrecht.[2]After one year, he returned to Braxgata.[3]

International career

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Luypaert becameEuropean championswith the Belgium U21 squad in 2012.[4]He was selected for the2012 Summer Olympicsbut was eventually omitted in the final selection.[5]Luypaert became European vice-champion withBelgiumat the2013 European Championshipon home ground inBoom, Belgium.He was a part of the Belgian squad that won the2018 World Cup.In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the2019 EuroHockey Championship.[6]They won Belgium its firstEuropean titleby defeatingSpain5-0 in the final.[7]On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8]In January 2024 he announced that the2024 Summer Olympicswould be his last tournament with the national team.[9]

References

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  1. ^"Denayer en Nelen laureaten Gouden Stick 2011"(in Dutch). hockey.be. October 2011.
  2. ^"Loïck Luypaert verkast naar Nederlandse topclub"(in Dutch).Sporza.22 March 2014.
  3. ^"Red Lion Loïck Luypaert keert terug naar Braxgata".www.hln.be(in Dutch).Het Laatste Nieuws.18 May 2015.Retrieved15 April2019.
  4. ^"Belgische junioren Europees kampioen hockey"(in Dutch). sport.be.msn.com. 1 September 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^"Batch kiest 23 Red Lions voor OS"(in Dutch). website of the Belgian Olympic Team. Archived fromthe originalon 27 June 2013.
  6. ^"Red Lions – de selectie voor de Belfius Eurohockey Championships 2019".www.hockey.be(in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 26 August 2019.Retrieved13 August2019.
  7. ^"Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK".sporza.be(in Dutch).Sporza.26 August 2019.Retrieved25 August2019.
  8. ^"Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd".hockey.be(in Dutch). 25 May 2021.Retrieved25 May2021.
  9. ^"Ervaren Loïck Luypaert neemt na Olympische Spelen afscheid van Red Lions".hbvl.be(in Dutch). 23 January 2024.Retrieved6 August2024.
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