Blake Govers (born 6 July 1996) is an Australian
field hockey
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player who plays as a forward for the
NSW Pride
NSW Pride is an Australian field hockey club based in Sydney. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One.
The club unifies both men and women under ...
in the
Hockey One League and the
Australian national team.
He is the younger brother of former international hockey player
Kieran Govers
Kieran Govers (born 9 February 1988) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays field hockey professionally in Germany. He plays for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League. He first represented Australia in 2010. He won a gold ...
. He coaches a group of young female athletes at the Southern River Hockey Club, based in the south of Perth, WA.
International career
He competed in the
men's field hockey tournament at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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and in the
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
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. At the 2018 World Cup he was the joint-topscorer with seven goals. He was the topscorer of the
2019 FIH Pro League as he scored 12 goals in 14 matches for Australia. In December 2019, he was nominated for the
FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.
Govers was selected in the
Kookaburras
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Olympics squad for the
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.
Club career
During the
2014–15 season, Govers played for
Wimbledon
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in England, where he scored five goals in the championship final. He also played in the Netherlands for
Bloemendaal
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In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governa ...
in the 2016–17 season.
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1996 births
Living people
Australian male field hockey players
Male field hockey forwards
Olympic field hockey players of Australia
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Men's England Hockey League players
Wimbledon Hockey Club players
HC Bloemendaal players
Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Wollongong
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Sportsmen from New South Wales
Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate field hockey players
2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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