Gauthier Boccard

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Gauthier Boccard

| image = Gauthier Boccard 2016 (Cropping).jpg

| caption = Boccard in 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|8|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Uccle, Belgium

| height = 1.86 m

| weight = 79 kg

| position = Defender / Midfielder

| currentclub = Léopold

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Orée

| years1 = 2008–2009

| clubs1 = Orée

| years2 = 2009–2022

| clubs2 = Waterloo Ducks

| years3 = 2022–present

| clubs3 = Léopold

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2025

| nationalteam1 = Belgium

| nationalcaps1 = 310

| nationalgoals1 = 26

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{BEL}}}}

}}

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

In the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League, Boccard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.{{cite web |title=Waterloo Ducks winnen Euro Hockey League na 4-0-winst tegen Köln |url=https://www.hln.be/sport/meer-sport/waterloo-ducks-winnen-euro-hockey-league-na-4-0-winst-tegen-koln~afe297fc |website=hln.be |publisher=Het Laatste Nieuws |access-date=22 April 2019 |language=nl |date=23 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Waterloo Ducks in EHL heaven with remarkable 4–0 grand final success in Eindhoven |url=https://ehlhockey.tv/news/waterloo-ducks-in-ehl-heaven-with-remarkable-4-0-grand-final-success-in-eindhoven/ |website=ehlhockey.tv |publisher=Euro Hockey League |access-date=23 April 2019 |date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422194754/https://ehlhockey.tv/news/waterloo-ducks-in-ehl-heaven-with-remarkable-4-0-grand-final-success-in-eindhoven/ |archive-date=22 April 2019 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |title=Gauthier Boccard rejoindra le Léopold à la fin de la saison |url=https://hockeybelgium.lesoir.be/messieurs/ion-hockey-league/gauthier-boccard-rejoindra-leopold-a-la-fin-de-la-saison/ |website=hockeybelgium.lesoir.be |access-date=4 March 2022 |language=fr |date=2 March 2022}}

International career

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.{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Gauthier Boccard|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/boccard-gauthier-1112065/|website=London2012.com|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|access-date=13 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801085418/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/boccard-gauthier-1112065/|archive-date=1 August 2012}}}} He was a part of the Belgian squad which won Belgium its first World Cup and European title.{{cite web |title=Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK |url=https://sporza.be/nl/matches/hockey/2019-08/mf-ek-hockey-finale-mannen-belgie-spanje/ |website=sporza.be |publisher=Sporza |access-date=25 August 2019 |language=nl |date=24 August 2019}} On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.{{cite web |title=Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd |url=https://hockey.be/nl/selectie-red-panthers-en-red-lions-voor-het-europees-kampioenschap-aangekondigd/ |website=hockey.be |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=nl |date=25 May 2021}} He was also part of the Belgian squad that won the gold medal at the delayed 2020 Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Gauthier BOCCARD|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/gauthier-boccard|access-date=24 December 2021|website=Olympics.com|publisher=International Olympic Committee}}

Honours

=Waterloo Ducks=

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

=Belgium=

References

External links

{{International Hockey Federation}}
{{European Hockey Federation|2982}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Team Belgium}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/gauthier-boccard_1903206 Gauthier Boccard] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Uccle

Category:Belgian male field hockey players

Category:Male field hockey defenders

Category:Male field hockey midfielders