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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	Caps	Goals
2012–2024	Belgium	315	(100)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela EuroHockey Championship 2019 Antwerp 2013 Boom 2017 Amstelveen 2021 Amstelveen 2023 Mönchengladbach Hockey World League 2014–15 Raipur Team EuroHockey Junior Championship 2012 's-Hertogenbosch

Loïck Fanny Luypaert (born 19 August 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata. He played 315 matches for the Belgian national team from 2012 to 2024.

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

Club career

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

International career

Luypaert became European champions with the Belgium U21 squad in 2012. He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics but was eventually omitted in the final selection. Luypaert became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom, Belgium. He was a part of the Belgian squad that won the 2018 World Cup. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. In January 2024 he announced that the 2024 Summer Olympics would be his last tournament with the national team.

References

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. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
4. "Belgische junioren Europees kampioen hockey" (in Dutch). sport.be.msn.com. 1 September 2012.
5. "Batch kiest 23 Red Lions voor OS" (in Dutch). website of the Belgian Olympic Team. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
6. "Red Lions – de selectie voor de Belfius Eurohockey Championships 2019". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
7. "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
8. "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
9. "Ervaren Loïck Luypaert neemt na Olympische Spelen afscheid van Red Lions". hbvl.be (in Dutch). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

External links

• Loïck Luypaert at the International Hockey Federation
• Loïck Luypaert at Olympedia
• Loïck Luypaert at Team Belgium (in Dutch)

Belgium squads

v t e Belgium squad – 2013 EuroHockey Championship – 2nd place 2 Reckinger 3 Gucassoff 4 Van Doren 5 Dekeyser 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 9 Dockier 10 Charlier 15 Stockbroekx 17 Briels 19 Denayer 21 Vanasch 22 Gougnard 23 De Saedeleer 25 Luypaert 27 Boon 28 Truyens 29 Van Strydonck Coach: Lammers v t e Belgium squad – 2015 EuroHockey Championship – 5th place 3 Gucassoff 4 Van Doren 7 Dohmen (C) 8 Van Aubel 9 Dockier 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 14 De Paeuw 15 Stockbroekx 16 Hendrickx 18 Cobbaert 19 Denayer 21 Vanasch 25 Luypaert 27 Boon 28 Truyens 29 Van Strydonck 32 Cosyns Coach: Delmee v t e Belgium squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medal 4 Van Doren 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 9 Dockier 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 15 Stockbroekx 17 Briels 19 Denayer 21 Vanasch 22 Gougnard 25 Luypaert 27 Boon 28 Truyens 29 Van Strydonck 32 Cosyns Coach: McLeod v t e Belgium squad – 2017 EuroHockey Championship – Runners–up 2 L. Van Doren 4 A. Van Doren 8 Van Aubel 9 Dockier 10 Charlier 11 Keusters 12 Boccard 14 Meurmans 15 Stockbroekx 16 Hendrickx 17 Briels (C) 19 Denayer 21 Vanasch 22 Gougnard 23 De Sloover 25 Luypaert 26 Wegnez 27 Boon Coach: McLeod v t e Belgium squad – 2018 World Cup – Champions (1st Title) 2 L. Van Doren 4 A. Van Doren 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 9 Dockier 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 13 De Kerpel 14 Meurmans 15 Stockbroekx 16 Hendrickx 17 Briels 19 Denayer 21 Vanasch 22 Gougnard 23 De Sloover 24 Kina 25 Luypaert 26 Wegnez 27 Boon Coach: McLeod v t e Belgium squad – 2019 EuroHockey Championship – Champions (1st Title) 2 L. Van Doren 4 A. Van Doren 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 13 De Kerpel 15 Stockbroekx 16 Hendrickx 17 Briels (C) 19 Denayer 21 Vanasch 22 Gougnard 23 De Sloover 24 Kina 25 Luypaert 26 Wegnez 27 Boon Coach: McLeod v t e Belgium squad – 2021 EuroHockey Championship – 3rd place 2 L. Van Doren 4 A. Van Doren 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 9 Dockier 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 13 De Kerpel 16 Hendrickx 17 Briels (C) 19 Denayer 21 Vanasch 22 Gougnard 23 De Sloover 24 Kina 25 Luypaert 26 Wegnez 27 Boon Coach: McLeod v t e Belgium squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (1st Title) 4 Van Doren 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 9 Dockier 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 13 De Kerpel 14 Meurmans 16 Hendrickx 17 Briels 19 Denayer 21 Vanasch 22 Gougnard 23 De Sloover 24 Kina 25 Luypaert 26 Wegnez 27 Boon Coach: McLeod v t e Belgium squad – 2023 World Cup – 2nd place 2 L. Van Doren 4 A. Van Doren 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 9 Dockier 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 13 De Kerpel 16 Hendrickx 19 Denayer (C) 21 Vanasch 22 Gougnard 23 De Sloover 24 Kina 25 Luypaert 26 Wegnez 27 Boon 29 Van Oost 32 Cosyns Coach: Van den Heuvel v t e Belgium squad – 2023 EuroHockey Championship – 3rd place 2 L. Van Doren 4 A. Van Doren 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 13 De Kerpel 15 Stockbroekx 16 Hendrickx 19 Denayer (C) 20 Ghislain 21 Vanasch 23 De Sloover 24 Kina 25 Luypaert 26 Wegnez 30 Onana 31 Van Dessel Coach: Van den Heuvel v t e Belgium squad – 2024 Summer Olympics – 5th place 2 L. Van Doren 3 Stockbroekx 4 A. Van Doren 7 Dohmen 8 Van Aubel 10 Charlier 12 Boccard 13 De Kerpel 16 Hendrickx 19 Denayer (C) 21 Vanasch 23 De Sloover 24 Kina 25 Luypaert 26 Wegnez 27 Boon 29 Van Oost 30 Onana 31 Van Dessel Coach: Van den Heuvel

• 1991 births
• Living people
• People from Edegem
• Belgian male field hockey players
• Male field hockey defenders
• Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic field hockey players for Belgium
• 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
• Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
• Olympic medalists in field hockey
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• KHC Dragons players
• SV Kampong players
• Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
• Belgian expatriate field hockey players
• Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
• Men's Belgian Hockey League players
• Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
• Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Sportspeople from Antwerp Province
• 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
• 21st-century Belgian sportsmen