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Florent Van Aubel
Personal information
Born (1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 (age 32)
Ghent, Belgium
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Dragons
Youth career
1995–2003 Indiana
2003–2006 Orée
Senior career
Years Team
2006–2009 Orée
2009– Dragons
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Belgium 224
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place 2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Boom
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Raipur Team

Florent Van Aubel (born 25 October 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays for KHC Dragons and the Belgian national team as a forward.

In 2010 he won the Golden Stick from the Belgian Hockey Association in the category of male junior players. In 2011 he was nominated by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) for best young player of the year. In 2011 Florent van Aubel participated with his club KHC Dragons at the Euro Hockey League. In 2012 he also played at the Euro Hockey League and finished third. Van Aubel studies Communication Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and lives in Sint-Denijs-Westrem.

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where Belgium ended fifth.[1] Van Aubel became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. After winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympics he became World Champion at Bhubaneswar. In 2019 he was a part of the squad which won Belgium its first European title.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Florent van Aubel". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

External links

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