Loïck Fanny Luypaert (born 19 August 1991) is a Belgian

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player who plays as a defender for Braxgata and the

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. He combines his sports career with an educational program of Movement Science at the

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Club career

Luypaert started playing hockey at Braxgata. Between 2007 and 2009, he was active in Royal Herakles HC, in 2009 he moved to the KHC Dragons. In 2011, he won the Golden Stick (in the category junior male players), a Belgian award for year's best field hockey player. In 2014, he transferred to Kampong in

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. After one year, he returned to Braxgata.

International career

Luypaert became European champions with the Belgium U21 squad in 2012. He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics but was eventually omitted in the final selection. Luypaert became European vice-champion with

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at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in

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. He was a part of the Belgian squad that won the

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. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won Belgium its first

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by defeating

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5-0 in the final. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luypaert, Loick 1991 births Living people People from Edegem Belgian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players of Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics KHC Dragons players SV Kampong players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Expatriate field hockey players Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's Belgian Hockey League players Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Antwerp Province 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players