Xavier Reckinger (born 20 December 1983) is a

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player and coach of the

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. He played for Braxgata in

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and is a defender. Before he played with the

KHC Dragons Koninklijke Hockey Club Dragons, also known as KHC Dragons or simply Dragons, is a Belgian professional field hockey club based in Brasschaat, Antwerp Province. The club was founded in 1946. Since the end of the eighties the club competes in Belgiu ...

. At the

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, with the

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, he finished fifth in the men's tournament. Reckinger became European vice-champion with

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at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in

. In January 2015 Xavier Reckinger was added to the coaching staff of the Red panthers. He has coached many players at club level that have made the national teams such as Felix Denayer, Jeffrey Thijs, Barbara Nelen, Aline Fobe, Judith Vandermeiren, Emilie Sinia, who all made the Olympics too. Reckinger is a Master in Trade Sciences (

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). He runs an own consultancy enterprise.

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* Living people 1983 births Belgian male field hockey players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Belgium Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players from Brussels Oranje Zwart players KHC Dragons players Men's Belgian Hockey League players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub