Personal information | |||
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Born | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | 6 July 1996||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | NSW Pride | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2014–2018 | NSW Waratahs | ||
2014–2015 | Wimbledon | ||
2016–2017 | Bloemendaal | ||
2019– | NSW Pride | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Australia U–21 | 27 | (27) |
2015– | Australia | 103 | (89) |
Medal record |
Blake Govers (born 6 July 1996) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the NSW Pride in the Hockey One League and the Australian national team.
He is the younger brother of former international hockey player Kieran Govers. He coaches a group of young female athletes at the Southern River Hockey Club, based in the south of Perth, WA.
He competed in the men's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics [1] and in the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At the 2018 World Cup he was the joint-topscorer with seven goals. [2] He was the topscorer of the 2019 FIH Pro League as he scored 12 goals in 14 matches for Australia. [3] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award. [4]
Govers was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout. [5]
During the 2014–15 season, Govers played for Wimbledon in England, where he scored five goals in the championship final. [6] He also played in the Netherlands for Bloemendaal in the 2016–17 season. [7]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 21 October 2015 | Stratford, New Zealand | ![]() | 1–0 | 17–0 | 2015 Men's Oceania Cup |
2. | 5–0 | |||||
3. | 16–0 | |||||
4. | 24 October 2015 | ![]() | 19–0 | 36–0 | ||
5. | 31–0 | |||||
90. | 24 July 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | ![]() | 3–3 | 5–3 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
91. | 25 July 2021 | ![]() | 5–1 | 7–1 | ||
92. | 6–1 | |||||
93. | 27 July 2021 | ![]() | 1–1 | 5–2 | ||
94. | 3–1 | |||||
95. | 28 July 2021 | ![]() | 3–1 | 4–2 | ||
96. | 3 August 2021 | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
136. | 11 February 2024 | Bhubaneswar, India | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League |
137. | 15 February 2024 | ![]() | 1–1 | 6–4 | ||
138. | 2–1 | |||||
139. | 16 February 2024 | ![]() | 1–3 | 5–4 | ||
140. | 4–3 | |||||
141. | 22 February 2024 | Rourkela, India | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
142. | 3–1 | |||||
143. | 24 February 2024 | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–2 (0–3 p) | ||
144. | 1 June 2024 | Antwerp, Belgium | ![]() | 4–3 | 4–3 | |
145. | 2 June 2024 | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–4 (2–3 p) | ||
146. | 4 June 2024 | London, Great Britain | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
147. | 3–2 | |||||
148. | 27 July 2024 | Paris, France | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
149. | 29 July 2024 | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
150. | 30 July 2024 | ![]() | 2–5 | 2–6 | ||
151. | 1 August 2024 | ![]() | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
152. | 4–0 | |||||
153. | 5–0 | |||||
154. | 2 August 2024 | ![]() | 2–3 | 2–3 | ||
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