Florent Van Aubel

Florent Van Aubel (born 25 October 1991) is a Belgian field hockey player who plays for KHC Dragons and the Belgian national team as a forward.

Florent Van Aubel
Personal information
Born (1991-10-25) 25 October 1991
Ghent, Belgium
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Dragons
Youth career
1995–2003 Indiana
2003–2006 Orée
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Orée
2009– Dragons
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Belgium 224
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
2018 Bhubaneswar
EuroHockey Championship
2019 Antwerp
2017 Amstelveen
2013 Boom
FIH Pro League
2019 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
2014–15 RaipurTeam

In 2010 he won the Golden Stick from the Belgian Hockey Association in the category of male junior players. In 2011 he was nominated by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) for best young player of the year. In 2011 Florent van Aubel participated with his club KHC Dragons at the Euro Hockey League. In 2012 he also played at the Euro Hockey League and finished third. Van Aubel studies Communication Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and lives in Sint-Denijs-Westrem.

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament where Belgium ended fifth.[1] Van Aubel became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. After winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympics he became World Champion at Bhubaneswar. In 2019 he was a part of the squad which won Belgium its first European title.[2]

References
  1. "Florent van Aubel". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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