Jacob Draper

Welsh field hockey player

Jacob Draper
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Benjamin Draper
Born	(1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 25) 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]

References

^ "Heren 1 versterkt zich met GB International Jacob Draper en Chiel van Oostendorp vanuit de jeugd".
^ "Draper in line to make GB debut, Sanford returns from injury". Great Britain Hockey. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
^ "Transferts : deux Britanniques au Beerschot". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ "Athlete Profile: Jacob Draper". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
^ "Senior Men's Programme".

External links

Jacob Draper at the International Hockey Federation
Jacob Draper at Great Britain Hockey
Jacob Draper at Hockey Wales
Jacob Draper at Olympics.com
Jacob Draper at Olympedia
Jacob Draper at Team GB
Jacob Draper at Team Wales
Jacob Draper at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Jacob Draper at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Wales & Great Britain squads
v t e Wales squad – 2019 EuroHockey Championship – 6th place
1 Fortnam 2 Kyriakides 6 Draper 7 Naughalty 8 Prosser (C) 9 Shipperley (C) 10 R. Furlong 11 Carson 12 Kelly 13 Hutchinson 15 Bradshaw 18 G. Furlong 19 Dolan-Gray 21 Gooch 24 H. Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker (C) 32 Tranter Coach: Z. Jones

v t e Wales squad – 2021 EuroHockey Championship – 7th place
1 Fortnam 2 Kyriakides 4 Wall 6 Draper 7 Naughalty 8 Prosser (C) 9 Shipperley (C) 10 R. Furlong 11 Carson 12 Kelly 13 Hutchinson 15 Bradshaw 18 G. Furlong 19 Dolan-Gray 20 Morgan 24 Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker (C) 32 Tranter 35 Newbold Coach: Newcombe

v t e Great Britain squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 5th place
5 Ames 6 Draper 7 Forsyth 8 Shipperley 9 Martin 10 Griffiths 11 Sloan 13 Ward 15 Roper 16 Dixon 18 Creed 20 Payne 21 Ansell 25 Waller 26 Gall 27 Sanford 29 Sorsby 32 Wallace Coach: Kerry

v t e Wales squad – 2022 Commonwealth Games – 6th place
1 Reynolds-Cotterill 2 Roblin 3 Kyriakides 4 Wall 5 Dinnie 6 Draper 7 Naughalty 8 Prosser 9 Shipperley 11 Carson 12 Kelly 13 Hutchinson 15 Bradshaw 18 Furlong 19 Dolan-Gray 24 Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker 31 Griffiths Coach: Newcombe

v t e Wales squad – 2023 World Cup – 11th place
3 Kyriakides 4 Wall 6 Draper 8 Prosser (C) 9 Shipperley (C) 10 R. Furlong 11 Carson 12 Kelly 15 Bradshaw 18 G. Furlong 23 Pritchard 24 Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker (C) 31 Griffiths 33 Payne 35 Newbold 50 Reynolds-Cotterill Coach: Newcombe

v t e Wales squad – 2023 EuroHockey Championship – 8th place
1 Roblin 3 Kyriakides 6 Draper 9 Shipperley (C) 10 R. Furlong 12 Kelly 13 Hutchinson 15 Bradshaw 18 G. Furlong 19 Dolan-Gray 20 Morgan 23 Pritchard 24 Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker (C) 31 Griffiths 35 Newbold 50 Reynolds-Cotterill Coach: Newcombe