Tom Boon

Tom Boon (Brussels, 25 January 1990) is a Belgian international field hockey player who is usually positioned as striker. He started at Royal White Star HC, and after also having played for Bloemendaal he now comes out for the Belgian team Racing Club de Bruxelles.^[1]

Career

Tom Boon was born in a hockey family. His grandmother Jacqueline Ronsmans was a Belgian international player, just like his mother Carine Boon-Coudron and his uncles Eric and Marc Coudron (Belgian record international with 358 games). Also his sister Jill Boon plays at the highest Belgian level.^[2]

Boon made his debut in the national team in 2008. In 2009 he finished fifth with this team at the European Championship in Amstelveen and in 2011 they finished fourth at the European Championship in Mönchengladbach. In 2011 he also won the Champions Challenge. With his club Racing Brussels he became Belgian field hockey champion in five consecutive years (2009-2013). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament that came fifth.^[3] Boon became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. In spite of his opener against Germany, Belgium lost the final by 1-3.

References

1. "Hockey (DH): Van Strydonck rejoint les Pays-Bas et Oranje Zwart". La Capitale (in French). 20 May 2013.
2. "De familie Boon". David Steegen (in Dutch). brusselnieuws.be. 23 March 2012.
3. "Tom Boon". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Retrieved 13 September 2012.