Nicolas De Kerpel (born 23 April 1993) is a Belgian professional
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 ...
player who plays as a
utility player for
Royal Herakles HC and the
Belgian national team. He can play as a defender, midfielder or forward.
International career
De Kerpel represented Belgium at the
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Stadiu ...
. He was a part of the Belgian squad which won Belgium its first
European title in
2019
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. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the
2021 EuroHockey Championship.
References
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1993 births
Living people
Belgian male field hockey players
Male field hockey defenders
Male field hockey midfielders
Male field hockey forwards
People from Wilrijk
Field hockey players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players for Belgium
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
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
21st-century Belgian people