Inès Lardeur

Inès Lardeur
Personal information
Born (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionMidfield
ClubRoyal Léopold
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014–2017 France U–21 14 (0)
2014– France 105 (14)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  France
EuroHockey Championship II
Gold medal – first place2023 PragueTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 PragueTeam
EuroHockey Championship III
Gold medal – first place2019 LipovciTeam
FIH Nations Cup II
Gold medal – first place2024–25 Wałcz
FIH Series Open
Bronze medal – third place2018–19 WattigniesTeam

Inès Lardeur (born 26 March 1996) is a French field hockey player.

Early life

Inès Lardeur was born on 26 March 1996 in Lille.[1]

She is openly lesbian.[2][3]

Career

Domestic hockey

Lardeur currently competes in the Women's Belgian Hockey League, the top–level domestic competition in Belgium. In the league, she represents Royal Léopold.[1]

Under–21

From 2014 until 2017, Lardeur represented the French U–21 team. She was a member of the squad at the EuroHockey U–21 Championship in 2014 in Waterloo and 2017 in Valencia.[4] She also represented the team at the 2016 FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, where the team finished in fifteenth place.[5]

Senior national team

Lardeur made her senior international debut for France in 2014.[5]

Since her sebut, Lardeur has been a constant inclusion in the national team and has medalled on numerous occasions. She won gold at the 2023 EuroHockey Championship II in Prague, silver at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II in Prague, gold at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship III in Lipovci, and bronze at the 2018–19 FIH Series Open in Wattignies.[5][4]

In 2024, Lardeur became an Olympian.[6] She was named in the French squad for the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris.[7]

Since the Olympic Games, Le Nindre has continued to represent the national team. She was most recently named in the squad for the 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup II in Wałcz.[5]

Major International Tournaments

International goals

The following is a list of goals scored by Lardeur at international level.

Goal Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
15 September 2014HC Slavia Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Czech Republic3–14–4 (1–2)2014–15 FIH World League Round 1[8]
24–4
320 February 2015Cancha Nautico, Montevideo, Uruguay Kenya1–05–02014–15 FIH World League Round 2[9]
414 September 2016Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France  Switzerland2–14–12016–17 FIH World League Round 1[10]
53–1
626 February 2019Antibes Hockey, Antibes, France Wales2–12–1Test Match[11]
728 July 2019HC Lipovci, Lipovci, Slovenia Slovenia15–016–02019 EuroHockey Championship III[12]
824 October 2021CUS Pisa, Pisa, Italy Poland4–24–22022 FIH World Cup – European Qualifier[13]
922 July 2023Salon Hockey Club, Salon-de-Provence, France Scotland3–13–2Test Match[14]
1030 July 2023SK Slavia Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Lithuania4–08–02023 EuroHockey Championship II[15]
1126 January 2024South African College Schools, Newlands, South Africa South Africa1–01–0Test Match[16]
1228 January 20241–04–1[17]
1322 August 2024Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France Luxembourg1–022–02025 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier B[18]
1417 June 2024Centralny Ośrodek Sportu, Wałcz, Poland Italy2–04–02024–25 FIH Nations Cup 2[19]

References

  1. 1 2 "Inès Lardeur". equipe-france.fr (in French). Equipe France. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Team LGBTQ at the 2024 Paris Summer Games". outsports.com. OutSports. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "25 LGBTQ+ athletes we'll be rooting for at the Paris 2024 Olympics". uk.news.yahoo.com. Yahoo. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Competitions Archive" (PDF). eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "LARDEUR Inès". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "INÈS LARDEUR". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "THE OLYMPIC SELECTION". ffhockey.org (in French). Fédération Française de Hockey. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "France 4–4 Czechia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Kenya 0–5 France". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "France 4–1 Switzerland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "France 2–1 Wales". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "France 16–0 Slovenia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "France 4–2 Poland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "France 3–2 Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "France 8–0 Lithuania". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "South Africa 0–1 France". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "South Africa 1–4 France". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "France 22–0 Luxembourg". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "France 4–0 Italy". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2025.