Loïck Luypaert


Loïck Fanny A. Luypaert is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender for Braxgata and the Belgian national team.
He combines his sports career with an educational program of Movement Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

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, a Belgian award for year's best field hockey player. In 2014 he transferred to Kampong in Utrecht. 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 Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom, Belgium. He was a part of the Belgian squad that won the 2018 World Cup. In August 2019, he was selected in the Belgium squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. They won Belgium its first European title by defeating Spain 5-0 in the final.