Alexander Robby Hendrickx (born 6 August 1993) is a Belgian

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player who plays for Dutch club Pinoké and the Belgian national team as a defender. Playing with th
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LTD X, Hendrickx won 'top goal scorer' at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also won a gold medal with his team for

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International career

Junior national teams

Hendrickx has represented Belgium at junior level in both Under 18 and Under 21 age groups. In 2010, Hendrickx was a member of the Belgium Under-18 side at the

2010 Youth Olympic Games The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

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. The team won the bronze medal, defeating

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4–1 in the third-place playoff. He made his debut for the Belgium Under 21 side, in 2012 at a qualifying for the Junior World Cup. Hendrickx was also a member of the team at the Junior World Cup in

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, where the team finished sixth.

Senior national team

Hendrickx made his senior international debut for

in 2012, at the Champions Trophy. He was a reserve player at the

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, where Belgium won a silver medal. In November 2018, he was named in the squad for the

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, India. At the tournament, he finished as top scorer alongside

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of Australia with 7 goals. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, he also was the top goalscorer together with three other players with five goals. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. Alexander Hendrickx is sponsored b
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He uses the LB X and LTD X, this is a low bow stick which is well suited to his drag flicking technique. He was top goal scorer at Tokyo 2020 with 14 goals using the LTD X.

2020 Olympics

Alex Hendrickx won Olympic Gold at

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. He was the top goal scorer with 14 goals. He scored a hat-trick in the opening game in their 4–1 win against

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. He scored another hat-trick against

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. In the final group game against

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he suffered a bad injury when he got a stick to the face. He recovered for the knock out stages wearing a protective headband. He played with th
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LTD X stick and is an ambassador fo
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Club career

Hendrickx started playing hockey for Royal Antwerp. After having played three seasons for Belgian club

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he transferred to the Netherlands to play for Pinoké in

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. He became the top scorer in the 2020–21 Hoofdklasse with 21 goals.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendrickx, Alexander 1993 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders People from Wilrijk Field hockey players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Belgium 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players KHC Dragons players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players 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 Olympic medalists in field hockey 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players