Blake Govers

Personal information
Born	(1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 (age 27) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	NSW Pride
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–2018	NSW Waratahs
2014–2015	Wimbledon
2016–2017	Bloemendaal
2019–	NSW Pride
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2016	Australia U–21	27	(27)
2015–	Australia	103	(89)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Cup 2018 Bhubaneswar Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team FIH Pro League 2019 Amstelveen Champions Trophy 2016 London 2018 Breda Hockey World League 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team Oceania Cup 2015 Stratford 2017 Sydney 2019 Rockhampton 2023 Whangārei

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^[1] and in the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At the 2018 World Cup he was the joint-topscorer with seven goals.^[2] He was the topscorer of the 2019 FIH Pro League as he scored 12 goals in 14 matches for Australia.^[3] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.^[4]

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.^[5]

Club career

During the 2014–15 season, Govers played for Wimbledon in England, where he scored five goals in the championship final.^[6] He also played in the Netherlands for Bloemendaal in the 2016–17 season.^[7]