Luca Masso
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| Nationality | Argentine, Belgian | |||||||||||
| Born | July 17, 1994 | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Argentina | |||||||||||
| Sport | Field Hockey | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Luca Masso (born 17 July 1994) is an Argentine field hockey player.[1] He was part of the Argentine team that won gold in men's field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also holds Belgian nationality.[citation needed]
Masso was born in Brussels, Belgium to an Argentine-born father, Eduardo, and a Belgian mother, Sabrina Merckx. He comes from a family of sportsmen. His father Eduardo Masso is a former tennis player who represented Belgium at the Davis Cup. His maternal grandfather is the Belgian former cycling champion Eddy Merckx, a five-time Tour de France winner. His maternal uncle, Axel Merckx, is an Olympic bronze medalist in cycling for Belgium.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Athletes - Famous Olympic Athletes, Medalists, Sports Heroes". International Olympic Committee. 2017-04-07. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players from Brussels
- Belgian people of Argentine descent
- Argentine people of Belgian descent
- Belgian men's field hockey players
- Argentine men's field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Argentina
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen