Gauthier Boccard (born 26 August 1991) is a Belgian professional

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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

In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Boccard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the

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. He also won three national title with the Waterloo Ducks. In March 2022 he signed a four-year contract at

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from the summer of 2022 onwards.

International career

At the

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, he competed for the

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in the men's tournament. Gauthier Boccard also participated with the Belgium men's national field hockey team at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Rio. The Belgian Red Lions made an impression during these Games, winning the silver medal, and Gauthier Boccard scored one goal. He was a part of the Belgian squad which won Belgium its first

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and European title. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. He was also part of the Belgian squad that won the gold medal at the delayed

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Honours

Waterloo Ducks

: 2018–19 * Belgian Hockey League: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14

Belgium

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* Olympic silver medal:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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* FIH Pro League:

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References

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* 1991 births Living people People from Uccle Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Male field hockey midfielders Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Waterloo Ducks H.C. players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Royal Léopold Club players Field hockey players from Brussels 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub