Simon Gougnard
Gougnard at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Simon Pierre F. Gougnard
Born (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991
Nivelles, Belgium
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Racing
Youth career
Pingouin
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2009 Waterloo Ducks
2009–2010 Tilburg
2010–2012 Oranje Zwart
2012–2013 Racing
2013–2015 Bloemendaal
2015–2017 Racing
2017–2019 Waterloo Ducks
2019–2021 Leuven
2021–2023 Dragons
2023–present Racing
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–present Belgium 322 (26)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2018 Bhubaneswar
Silver medal – second place2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place2019 Antwerp
Silver medal – second place2013 Boom
Silver medal – second place2017 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place2021 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
Silver medal – second place2014–15 RaipurTeam
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place2010 Siemianowice Śląskie
Last updated on: 19 May 2023

Simon Pierre F. Gougnard (born 17 January 1991) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Racing and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Gougnard played club hockey in Belgium for the Waterloo Ducks until 2009, when he transferred to the Netherlands to play for TMHC Tilburg. He left them after one season to play for Oranje Zwart.[1] In 2012, he returned to Belgium because of his study.[2] He played in Belgium for Racing Bruxelles.[3]

In 2013, Gougnard went back to the Netherlands, where he signed a two-year contract for Bloemendaal.[4] He played for Bloemendaal until 2015, when he returned to Racing Bruxelles. In 2017, he went back to the Waterloo Ducks.[5] In April 2019, he agreed to play for Leuven from the 2019–20 season onwards.[6][7] During that year's Euro Hockey League, Gougnard's Waterloo Ducks became the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.[8][9] After two seasons, he left Leuven for Dragons in 2021.[10] In May 2023 it was announced he would return to Racing for the second time.[3][11]

International career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.[12] Gougnard became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. During the 2018 World Cup, he lost his father and in the match on the next day against England, Belgium played with a mourning band.[13] Gougnard scored the 2–0 in that match and eventually they won the tournament by defeating the Netherlands in the final. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[14] They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final.[15] On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[16] In the summer from 2023 he took a break from the national team because he feels he has not got the energy to perform at the highest level.[17]

Honours

Club

Waterloo Ducks

International

Belgium

References

  1. ↑ Beenen, Bram (9 June 2010). "Hockeyer Gougnard verlaat Tilburg". www.omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "International Gougnard vertrekt bij OZ". www.ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 "International Simon Gougnard terug naar Racing". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bloemendaal trekt twee Belgen aan". www.volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Waterloo Ducks Make Huge Signings of Gougnard and Van Strydonck". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Transferts : Simon Gougnard à Louvain". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Red Lion Simon Gougnard verlaat Waterloo Ducks voor promovendus Leuven". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Waterloo Ducks winnen Euro Hockey League na 4-0-winst tegen Köln". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Waterloo Ducks in EHL heaven with remarkable 4-0 grand final success in Eindhoven". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Un nouveau challenge pour Simon Gougnard" (in French). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Transfert : Gougnard a signé son transfert". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Simon Gougnard". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Red Lions eren overleden vader van doelpuntenmaker Gougnard met WK-finale: "Deze wedstrijd was voor zijn familie"". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Red Lions – de selectie voor de Belfius Eurohockey Championships 2019". www.hockey.be (in Dutch). Hockey Belgium. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  15. ↑ "Goud in eigen land! De Red Lions winnen na het WK nu ook het EK". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  16. ↑ "Selectie Red Panthers en Red Lions voor het Europees Kampioenschap aangekondigd". hockey.be (in Dutch). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "Red Lion Simon Gougnard (32) last interlandpauze in deze zomer: "Even andere prioriteiten"". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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