Blake Govers (born 6 July 1996) is an Australian

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player who plays as a forward for the

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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

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and in the

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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

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Olympics squad for the

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. 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

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in England, where he scored five goals in the championship final. He also played in the Netherlands for

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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 {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub