{{short description|Belgian field hockey player}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Xavier Reckinger | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|12|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Brussels, Belgium | position = Defender | youthyears1 = 1990–1998 | youthclubs1 = Herakles | years1 = 1998–2002 | clubs1 = Herakles | years2 = 2002–2003 | clubs2 = New Zealand | years3 = 2003–2005 | clubs3 = Oranje Zwart | years4 = 2005–2009 | clubs4 = Dragons | years5 = 2009–2016 | clubs5 = Braxgata | years6 = 2016–2017 | clubs6 = Herakles | nationalyears1 = 2002–2014 | nationalteam1 = Belgium | nationalcaps(goals)1 = 326 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{BEL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Boom|Team}} }}
'''Xavier Reckinger''' (born 20 December 1983) is a Belgian international field hockey player and coach of the Germany women's national field hockey team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fih.altiusrt.com/competitions/869/reports/teams|title=Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup 2018: Team Details Germany|publisher=FIH|page=6|access-date=2018-08-19|archive-date=2018-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221015353/https://fih.altiusrt.com/competitions/869/reports/teams|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He played for Braxgata in Boom and is a defender. Before he played with the KHC Dragons. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, with the national team, he finished fifth in the men's tournament.<ref name="OlympicBotGeneratedRef">{{cite web|title=Xavier Reckinger|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/reckinger-xavier-1129481/|website=London2012.com|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|access-date=13 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911211533/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/reckinger-xavier-1129481/|archive-date=11 September 2012}}</ref> Reckinger became European vice-champion with Belgium at the 2013 European Championship on home ground in Boom.
In January 2015 Xavier Reckinger was added to the coaching staff of the Red panthers. He has coached many players at club level that have made the national teams such as Felix Denayer, Jeffrey Thijs, Barbara Nelen, Aline Fobe, Judith Vandermeiren, Emilie Sinia, who all made the Olympics too.{{Citation needed|date = July 2015}}
Reckinger is a Master in Trade Sciences (Lessius Hogeschool). He runs an own consultancy enterprise.
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{{Belgium FH Squad 2002 World Cup}} {{Belgium FH Squad 2008 Summer Olympics}} {{Belgium FH Squad 2012 Summer Olympics}} {{Belgium FH Squad 2012 Champions Trophy}} {{Belgium FH Squad 2013 EuroHockey Nations Championship}} {{Belgium FH Squad 2014 World Cup}} {{Germany FHW Squad 2018 World Cup}} {{Germany FHW Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
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