Inès Lardeur

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

Inès Lardeur

Personal information
Born	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 29) Lille, France
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Royal 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 2023 Prague Team 2021 Prague Team EuroHockey Championship III 2019 Lipovci Team FIH Nations Cup II 2024–25 Wałcz FIH Series Open 2018–19 Wattignies Team

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

• 2014–15 FIH World League
  • Round 1 – Hradec Králové
  • Round 2 – Montevideo
  • Semi–Finals – Antwerp
• 2015 EuroHockey Championship II – Prague
• 2016–17 FIH World League
  • Round 1 – Douai
• 2017 EuroHockey Championship II – Cardiff
• 2018–19 FIH Hockey Series
  • Open – Wattignies
• 2019 EuroHockey Championship III – Lipovci
• 2021 EuroHockey Championship II – Prague
• 2023 EuroHockey Championship II – Prague
• 2024 Olympics Games – Paris
• 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup II – Wałcz

International goals

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

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	5 September 2014	HC Slavia Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	3–1	4–4 (1–2)	2014–15 FIH World League Round 1	[8]
2				4–4
3	20 February 2015	Cancha Nautico, Montevideo, Uruguay	Kenya	1–0	5–0	2014–15 FIH World League Round 2	[9]
4	14 September 2016	Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France	Switzerland	2–1	4–1	2016–17 FIH World League Round 1	[10]
5				3–1
6	26 February 2019	Antibes Hockey, Antibes, France	Wales	2–1	2–1	Test Match	[11]
7	28 July 2019	HC Lipovci, Lipovci, Slovenia	Slovenia	15–0	16–0	2019 EuroHockey Championship III	[12]
8	24 October 2021	CUS Pisa, Pisa, Italy	Poland	4–2	4–2	2022 FIH World Cup – European Qualifier	[13]
9	22 July 2023	Salon Hockey Club, Salon-de-Provence, France	Scotland	3–1	3–2	Test Match	[14]
10	30 July 2023	SK Slavia Prague, Prague, Czech Republic	Lithuania	4–0	8–0	2023 EuroHockey Championship II	[15]
11	26 January 2024	South African College Schools, Newlands, South Africa	South Africa	1–0	1–0	Test Match	[16]
12	28 January 2024			1–0	4–1		[17]
13	22 August 2024	Douai Hockey Club, Douai, France	Luxembourg	1–0	22–0	2025 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier B	[18]
14	17 June 2024	Centralny Ośrodek Sportu, Wałcz, Poland	Italy	2–0	4–0	2024–25 FIH Nations Cup 2	[19]