Félix Veronique Denayer (born 31 January 1990) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dragons and the Belgium national team.

Denayer combines his sport with studies at the University of Antwerp.

Félix Denayer

International career

Denayer competed for the national team at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a silver medal at the Rio Olympics. With Belgium he won the silver medal at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom, and again at the 2017 European Championships in Amsterdam. He also tasted World Cup success with Belgium in 2018. In 2019, he was a part of the squad which won Belgium its first European title. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. He was the captain of the Belgian team which won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Félix Denayer

Honours

International

Belgium

Olympic gold medal: 2020

World Cup: 2018

EuroHockey Championship: 2019

FIH Pro League: 2020–21

Club

Dragons

Belgian Hockey League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21

Félix Denayer

References

External links

1990 births

Living people

People from Edegem

Belgian male field hockey players

Male field hockey midfielders

Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics

2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players

Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players

Olympic field hockey players for Belgium

Olympic silver medalists for Belgium

Olympic medalists in field hockey

Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

KHC Dragons players

Men's Belgian Hockey League players

Olympic gold medalists for Belgium

Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sportspeople from Antwerp Province

2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players

21st-century Belgian people