Yohanna Lhopital

English field hockey player

Yohanna Lhopital
Personal information
Born (1999-09-18) 18 September 1999 (age 24)
France Lyon (France)
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 50 kg (110 lb)
Playing position Midfield / Forward
Club information
Current club France Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC
Youth career
2004-2015 France FC Lyon Hockey
Senior career
Years Team
2013-2018 France FC Lyon Hockey
2018-2020 France Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC
2020-2024 Belgium Waterloo Ducks HC
2024- France Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013-2016 France France U–18 10 (5)
2016–2019 France France U–21 15 (3)
2016– France France 70 (23)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  France
EuroHockey Youth Championship II
Silver medal – second place 2016 Glasgow
EuroHockey Championship II
Gold medal – first place 2023 Prague
Silver medal – second place 2021 Prague
EuroHockey Championship III
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lipovci

Yohanna Lhopital is a French field hockey player.[1][2]

Early life

Yohanna Lhopital was born on 18 September 1999 in Lyon.[3][1][4]

Career

Domestic league

Lhopital began hockey in Lyon at the age of 5,[5] she started with the local team FC Lyon Hockey (club located in Caluire-et-Cuire, 200 meters away from her grandmother home) and won several regional and national junior titles. Lhopital also won the second national french division (Nationale 1) in 2015, title that allowed the FC Lyon Hockey to return in Elite.

Lhopital competed 4 years in the ION Hockey League in Belgium.[6] She represented the Waterloo Ducks and finished is experience in Belgium by a great bronze medal.[7][8]

After the 2024 Summer Olympics, Lhopital decided to return in France and signed in his former club Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC.[9]

Lhopital also used to play indoor hockey. She won the Elite championship in 2018 with Douai Hockey Club[10] and the Nationale 1 championship in 2019 with ASVEL (Association sportive de Villeurbanne Éveil lyonnais).[11]

Under-18

In 2013, Lhopital discovered the french national team with pratical trainings for 2013 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships. Thus began her international career at the age of 13 but she as to wait 2015, and 2015 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships in Santander, to honor her first selection. Unfortunately, they finished at the 7th place and was relegated EuroHockey Youth Championship II. Despite this it allowed the french junior team and Lhopital to win the following year the silver medal at the 2016 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships II in Glasgow.[12] Lhopital finished top scorer of this tournament with 5 goals in as many games.

Under-21

In 2016, Lhopital made her debut for the French U-21 team. She was the youngest player in the squad at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago.[13]

Following her debut, Lhopital also represented the junior national team at two EuroHockey Junior Championships. She was a member of the French squad at the 2017 and 2019 editions of the tournament, both being held in Valencia.[14]

Senior national team

Lhopital also made her senior debut in 2016, earning her first international caps during Round One of the 2016–17 FIH World League in Douai.[14]

Since making her senior debut, Lhopital has been a regular inclusion in the French national squad. She has medalled with the team at numerous EuroHockey Championships.[14] She won gold at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship III in Lipovci and the 2023 EuroHockey Championship II in Prague, as well as silver at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II, also in Prague.[15]

Lhopital has been selected in the French squad for the XXXIII Olympic Games.[16][17] Taking advantage of the first participation of french wommen hockey team to the Olympic Games, Lhopital entered in the french hockey history by scoring the first french wommen hockey team olympic goal.[18] This goal was scored during the first game of the competition against Netherlands (future winner of the olympic tournament). Lhopital also scored a second goal during this competition, after a fantastic lonely ride from the midfield against Germany.[19]

International goals

Goal Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 14 September 2016 Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France   Switzerland 4–1 4–1 2016–17 FIH World League Round 1 [20]
2 9 August 2017 Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff, Wales  Russia 1–4 1–4 2017 EuroHockey Championship II [21]
3 7 July 2018 Wattignies Hockey Club, Wattignies, France  Austria 3–0 3–0 2018–19 FIH Series Open [22]
4 31 May 2019 Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1–1 1–2 Test Match [23]
5 9 June 2019 Banbridge Hockey Club, Banbridge, Ireland  Ukraine 2–3 2–3 2018–19 FIH Series Finals [24]
6 28 July 2019 Hockey Lipovci, Lipovci, Slovenia  Slovenia 2–0 16–0 2019 EuroHockey Championship III [25]
7 3 August 2019  Lithuania 3–2 4–3 [26]
8 22 January 2020 Stade de la Fontone, Antibes, France  Wales 2–0 2–2 Test Match [27]
9 3 August 2021 Centralny Ośrodek Sportu, Wałcz, Poland  Poland 2–1 3–1 [28]
10 5 August 2021 1–0 3–1 [29]
11 3–1
12 15 August 2021 HC Slavia Praha, Prague, Czech Republic  Belarus 2–1 2–1 2021 EuroHockey Championship II [30]
13 22 October 2021 CUS Pisa, Pisa, Italy  Russia 1–2 2–3 2022 FIH World Cup – European Qualifier [31]
14 24 October 2021  Poland 1–1 4–2 [32]
15 24 August 2022 Hockey Club Dunkerque Malo, Dunkirk, France   Switzerland 1–0 2–0 2023 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers [33]
16 27 August 2022  Austria 1–0 4–0 [34]
17 20 July 2023 Salon Hockey Club, Salon-de-Provence, France  Scotland 4–1 4–1 Test Match [35]
18 22 July 2023 1–1 3–2 [36]
19 2 August 2023 HC Slavia Praha, Prague, Czech Republic  Austria 1–0 5–0 2023 EuroHockey Championship II [37]
20 2–0
21 28 January 2024 South African College Schools, Cape Town, South Africa  South Africa 2–1 4–1 Test Match [38]
22 27 Juillet 2024 Stade Yves du Manoir, Colombes, France  Netherlands 1–3 2–6 Olympic Games Paris 2024 [39]
23 31 juillet 2024  Germany 1–3 1–5 [40]

References

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