Luca Masso (born 17 July 1994) is an Argentine

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player. He was part of the Argentine team that won gold in men's field hockey at the

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. He also holds Belgian nationality. Masso was born in Brussels, Belgium to an Argentine-born father, Eduardo, and a Belgian mother, Sabrina Merckx. He comes from a family of sportsmen. His father

Eduardo Masso Eduardo Masso (born 11 January 1964) is a former tennis professional from Belgium. Born in Argentina, the left-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in July 1991. Masso's greatest result in singles was reaching the fina ...

is a former tennis player who represented Belgium at the Davis Cup. His maternal grandfather is the Belgian former cycling champion

Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victorie ...

, a five-time

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winner. His maternal uncle,

Axel Merckx Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx (born 8 August 1972) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and the son of five-time Tour de France champion Eddy Merckx. He is team director of UCI Continental team . In his professional career (1 ...

, is an Olympic bronze medalist in cycling for Belgium.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Masso, Luca 1994 births Living people Field hockey players from Brussels Belgian people of Argentine descent Argentine people of Belgian descent Belgian male field hockey players Argentine male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Argentina Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Argentina