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Yohanna Lhopital
Yohanna Lhopital is a French field hockey player.[1][2] Early lifeYohanna Lhopital was born on 18 September 1999 in Lyon.[3][1][4] CareerDomestic leagueLhopital 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-18In 2013, Lhopital discovered the French national team with practical 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-21In 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 teamLhopital 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 was part of the French squad for the XXXIII Olympic Games.[16][17] She scored the first goal by a French women's hockey team at the Olympic Games.[18] This goal was scored during the first game of the competition, against the Netherlands (future winner of the tournament). Lhopital also scored a second goal during this competition, against Germany.[19] The French team will conclude this great summer with a gold medal at the Douai EuroHockey Championship Qualifier B, a medal qualifying them for the EuroHockey Championship A which will take place in 2025 in Mönchengladbach.[20] International goals
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