| Yohanna Lhopital | |
| Birth Date: | 1999 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Lyon (France) |
| Height: | 163cm |
| Weight: | 50kg |
| Position: | Midfield / Forward |
| Currentclub: | Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013-2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U–18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | France U–21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
| Youthclubs1: | FC Lyon Hockey |
| Youthyears1: | 2004-2015 |
| Clubs1: | FC Lyon Hockey |
| Years1: | 2013-2018 |
| Clubs2: | Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC |
| Years2: | 2018-2020 |
| Clubs3: | Waterloo Ducks HC |
| Years3: | 2020-2024 |
| Clubs4: | Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC |
| Years4: | 2024- |
| Nationalteam3: | France |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016– |
| Nationalcaps3: | 73 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 27 |
Yohanna Lhopital is a French field hockey player.[1] [2]
Yohanna Lhopital was born on 18 September 1999 in Lyon.[3] [1] [4]
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]
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.
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]
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 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]
| Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 September 2016 | Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France | 4–1 | 4–1 | [21] | ||
| 2 | 9 August 2017 | Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff, Wales | 1–4 | 1–4 | [22] | ||
| 3 | 7 July 2018 | Wattignies Hockey Club, Wattignies, France | 3–0 | 3–0 | [23] | ||
| 4 | 31 May 2019 | Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff, Wales | 1–1 | 1–2 | [24] | ||
| 5 | 9 June 2019 | Banbridge Hockey Club, Banbridge, Ireland | 2–3 | 2–3 | [25] | ||
| 6 | 28 July 2019 | Hockey Lipovci, Lipovci, Slovenia | 2–0 | 16–0 | [26] | ||
| 7 | 3 August 2019 | 3–2 | 4–3 | [27] | |||
| 8 | 22 January 2020 | Stade de la Fontone, Antibes, France | 2–0 | 2–2 | [28] | ||
| 9 | 3 August 2021 | Centralny Ośrodek Sportu, Wałcz, Poland | 2–1 | 3–1 | [29] | ||
| 10 | 5 August 2021 | 1–0 | 3–1 | [30] | |||
| 11 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 12 | 15 August 2021 | HC Slavia Praha, Prague, Czech Republic | 2–1 | 2–1 | [31] | ||
| 13 | 22 October 2021 | CUS Pisa, Pisa, Italy | 1–2 | 2–3 | [32] | ||
| 14 | 24 October 2021 | 1–1 | 4–2 | [33] | |||
| 15 | 24 August 2022 | Hockey Club Dunkerque Malo, Dunkirk, France | 1–0 | 2–0 | [34] | ||
| 16 | 27 August 2022 | 1–0 | 4–0 | [35] | |||
| 17 | 20 July 2023 | Salon Hockey Club, Salon-de-Provence, France | 4–1 | 4–1 | [36] | ||
| 18 | 22 July 2023 | 1–1 | 3–2 | [37] | |||
| 19 | 2 August 2023 | HC Slavia Praha, Prague, Czech Republic | 1–0 | 5–0 | [38] | ||
| 20 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 21 | 28 January 2024 | South African College Schools, Cape Town, South Africa | 2–1 | 4–1 | [39] | ||
| 22 | 27 Juillet 2024 | Stade Yves du Manoir, Colombes, France | 1–3 | 2–6 | Olympic Games Paris 2024 | [40] | |
| 23 | 31 juillet 2024 | 1–3 | 1–5 | [41] | |||
| 24 | 22 August 2024 | Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France | 2–0 | 22–0 | [42] | ||
| 25 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 26 | 17–0 | ||||||
| 27 | 20–0 |