Jérôme Dekeyser (born 15 December 1983) is a
Belgian international
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field hockey player for Braxgata in Antwerp who is usually plays as an attacker.
At the
2008
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and
2012 Summer Olympics
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, he competed for the
national team in the
men's tournament; Belgium qualified for the 2008 Olympic tournament by coming third at the
European Championship in
Manchester. At this 2007 European Championship, Dekeyser gave Belgium the lead for the first time in their match against
Germany by scoring the 3-2 from a penalty corner. In the first match for Belgium at the
Summer Olympics in Beijing, against
Spain, 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
Germany, and at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London they finished fifth.
He became European vice-champion with
Belgium at the
2013 European Championship on home ground in
Boom
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References
External links
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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
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