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.
International career He competed in the men's field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics and in the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At the 2018 World Cup he was the joint-topscorer with seven goals. He was the topscorer of the 2019 FIH Pro League as he scored 12 goals in 14 matches for Australia. In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.
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.
Club career During the 2014–15 season, Govers played for Wimbledon in England, where he scored five goals in the championship final. He also played in the Netherlands for Bloemendaal in the 2016–17 season.
International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 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 86. 7 March 2020 Perth, Australia 2–0 5–1 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League 87. 3–0 88. 26 June 2021 4–2 7–3 89. 27 June 2021 2–0 2–0 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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