Tom Alain Boon (born 25 January 1990) is a Belgian professional field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Belgium national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest field hockey players in the world.

He won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.

Club career He started at Royal White Star HC, and after also having played for Bloemendaal, he played four years for the Belgian team Racing Club de Bruxelles. In 2019, he moved to the 2018–19 Belgian national champions, Léopold, where he signed a contract for five seasons.

International career 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 for five consecutive years (2009–2013). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament that came fifth. Boon became European silver medalist with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom. In spite of his opening goal against Germany, Belgium lost the final by 1–3.

At the 2016 Olympics, he was part of the Belgium team that on the silver medal. Boon himself scored a goal in the quarter-final. At the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, where Belgium won its first European title, he was the top goalscorer together with three other players with five goals. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.

Personal life 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). His sister Jill Boon has also played Olympic hockey for Belgium.

International goals Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first. No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 22 August 2011 Mönchengladbach, Germany 3–0 7–1 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship 2. 24 August 2011 2–2 3–2 3. 26 November 2011 Johannesburg, South Africa 2–2 3–3 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I 4. 27 November 2011 1–0 7–3 5. 3–0 6. 5–1 7. 6–2 8. 29 November 2011 1–0 2–1 9. 1 December 2011 4–0 4–0 10. 4 December 2011 4–3 4–3 11. 3 August 2012 London, United Kingdom 1–0 2–1 2012 Summer Olympics 12. 5 August 2012 1–0 1–1 13. 7 August 2012 3–0 3–0 14. 11 August 2012 2–1 5–2 15. 4–1 16. 4 December 2012 Melbourne, Australia 1–3 4–5 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 17. 2–3 18. 9 December 2012 1–0 5–4 19. 6 May 2013 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France 1–0 19–0 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 20. 2–0 21. 8–0 22. 9–0 23. 16–0 24. 18–0 25. 19–0 26. 7 May 2013 4–1 7–1 27. 6–1 28. 9 May 2013 1–1 3–2 29. 11 May 2013 1–0 5–2 30. 4–1 31. 12 May 2013 6–0 10–1 32. 8–1 33. 10–1 34. 15 June 2013 Rotterdam, Netherlands 3–0 3–0 2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals 35. 19 June 2013 5–2 6–3 36. 21 June 2013 2–1 3–2 37. 3–1 38. 23 June 2013 1–1 2–2 (7–6 p) 39. 17 August 2013 Boom, Belgium 1–1 2–1 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship 40. 2–1 41. 19 August 2013 2–0 4–0 42. 21 August 2013 1–0 2–2 43. 25 August 2013 1–0 1–3 44. 2 June 2014 The Hague, Netherlands 1–1 6–2 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup 45. 2–2 46. 3–2 47. 5–2 48. 15 June 2014 1–1 4–2 49. 7 December 2014 Bhubaneswar, India 4–4 4–4 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 50. 13 December 2014 1–2 2–2 (2–4 p) 51. 1 July 2015 Antwerp, Belgium 5–2 5–3 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals 52. 23 August 2015 London, England 4–3 4–3 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship 53. 27 August 2015 2–0 3–0 54. 3–0 55. 29 August 2015 1–0 11–4 56. 2–0 57. 3–2 58. 4–2 59. 7–3 60. 9–3 61. 11–4 62. 14 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3–1 3–1 2016 Summer Olympics 63. 9 July 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa 2–0 10–0 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals 64. 9–0 65. 11 July 2017 3–1 6–2 66. 5–1 67. 6–1 68. 19 July 2017 2–0 2–0 69. 23 July 2017 2–1 6–1 70. 21 August 2017 Amstelveen, Netherlands 5–0 5–0 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship 71. 25 August 2017 1–1 2–2 (2–0 p) 72. 27 August 2017 1–0 2–4 73. 2 December 2017 Bhubaneswar, India 3–1 3–2 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final 74. 5 December 2017 3–0 3–0 75. 23 June 2018 Breda, Netherlands 3–2 3–3 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy 76. 1 July 2018 1–1 2–2 (2–1 p) 77. 11 December 2018 Bhubaneswar, India 5–0 5–0 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup 78. 13 December 2018 2–1 2–1 79. 15 December 2018 1–0 6–0 80. 26 January 2019 Córdoba, Argentina 1–0 4–2 2019 Men's FIH Pro League 81. 4–1 82. 10 April 2019 Brussels, Belgium 2–0 7–3 83. 5–0 84. 30 May 2019 Antwerp, Belgium 2–0 4–2 85. 9 June 2019 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 2–0 3–4 86. 3–4 87. 12 June 2019 Krefeld, Germany 5–0 8–0 88. 28 June 2019 Amstelveen, Netherlands 2–1 3–1 89. 16 August 2019 Antwerp, Belgium 3–0 5–0 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship 90. 18 August 2019 1–0 2–0 91. 20 August 2019 2–0 6–0 92. 22 August 2019 1–2 4–2 93. 24 August 2019 3–0 5–0 116. 1 February 2020 Auckland, New Zealand 3–0 6–2 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League 117. 6–2 118. 31 October 2020 Brussels, Belgium 2–1 3–2 119. 5 June 2021 Amstelveen, Netherlands 2–1 4–2 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship 120. 4–1 121. 6 June 2021 1–1 1–2 122. 8 June 2021 7–1 9–2 123. 12 June 2021 1–0 3–2 124. 3–1 125. 29 July 2021 Tokyo, Japan 8–1 9–1 2020 Summer Olympics 126. 30 July 2021 1–1 2–2 127. 1 August 2021 2–1 3–1 286. 2 June 2024 Antwerp, Belgium 1–1 4–4 (3–2 p) 2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League 287. 25 June 2024 Utrecht, Netherlands 1–0 1–3 288. 27 July 2024 Paris, France 1–0 2–0 2024 Summer Olympics 289. 30 July 2024 2–0 6–2 290. 3–1 291. 6–2

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External links

Tom Boon at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)