Xavier Reckinger
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| Born |
20 December 1983 Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1990–1998 | Herakles | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Herakles | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Oranje Zwart | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Dragons | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | Braxgata | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Herakles | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2014 | Belgium | 326 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Xavier Reckinger (born 20 December 1983) is a Belgian international field hockey player and coach of the Germany women's national field hockey team.[1]
He played for Braxgata in Boom and is a defender. Before he played with the KHC Dragons. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, with the national team, he finished fifth in the men's tournament.[2] Reckinger became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.
In January 2015 Xavier Reckinger was added to the coaching staff of the Red panthers. He has coached many players at club level that have made the national teams such as Felix Denayer, Jeffrey Thijs, Barbara Nelen, Aline Fobe, Judith Vandermeiren, Emilie Sinia, who all made the Olympics too.[citation needed]
Reckinger is a Master in Trade Sciences (Lessius Hogeschool). He runs an own consultancy enterprise.
References
[edit]- ^ "Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details Germany". FIH. p. 6.
- ^ "Xavier Reckinger". 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.
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