Jérôme Dekeyser (born 15 December 1983) is a

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field hockey player for Braxgata in Antwerp who is usually plays as an attacker. At the

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and

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, he competed for the

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in the men's tournament; Belgium qualified for the 2008 Olympic tournament by coming third at the

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. At this 2007 European Championship, Dekeyser gave Belgium the lead for the first time in their match against

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by scoring the 3-2 from a penalty corner. In the first match for Belgium at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, against

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, he scored again from a penalty corner. Belgium lost the game 4-2. Eventually the Belgian team finished ninth in Beijing. In 2011 Dekeyser placed fourth with Belgium at the European Championship in

, and at the

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they finished fifth. He became European vice-champion with

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at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.

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* 1983 births Living people Belgian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Belgium 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-fieldhockey-bio-stub