Jacob Draper

Jacob Draper
Personal information
Full name Jacob Benjamin Draper
Born (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 26)
Cwmbran, Wales
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Pinoké
Senior career
Years Team
Gwent HC
0000–2018 Preston HC
2018–2019 Cardiff & Met
2019–2021 Hampstead & Westminster
2021–2022 Beerschot
2022–2023 Hampstead & Westminster
2023–present Pinoké[1]
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Wales & GB U21 15
2016–present Wales & GB 66 (2)
Last updated on: 18 June 2021

Jacob Benjamin Draper (born 24 July 1998) is a Welsh field hockey player who plays as a defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Pinoké and the Wales and Great Britain national teams.[2]

Club career

Draper will play for Belgian club Beerschot in the 2021–22 season.[3]

He has been playing club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster.

Prior to that he played for Cardiff & Met.

International career

Draper made his senior debut, aged 18, for Wales on 28 August 2016, in a 5–1 win over Austria in Vienna, Austria. He played for Wales at Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast[4] and 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, where they finished 6th. [5] He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Heren 1 versterkt zich met GB International Jacob Draper en Chiel van Oostendorp vanuit de jeugd".
  2. ^ "Draper in line to make GB debut, Sanford returns from injury". Great Britain Hockey. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Transferts : deux Britanniques au Beerschot". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Athlete Profile: Jacob Draper". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Senior Men's Programme".
  6. ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  7. ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.


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