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Welsh field hockey player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jacob Benjamin Draper | ||
Born |
Cwmbran, Wales | 24 July 1998||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Pinoké | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
Gwent HC | |||
–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 |
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.
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]
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