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Welsh field hockey player

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.

Club career

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

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 and 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, where they finished 6th. He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.

"Heren 1 versterkt zich met GB International Jacob Draper en Chiel van Oostendorp vanuit de jeugd" [Men 1 strengthened with GB International Jacob Draper and Chiel van Oostendorp from the youth]. pinoke.nl (in Dutch).
"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" [Transfers: two Britons at Beerschot]. okey.lalibre.be (in French). 5 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
"Athlete Profile: Jacob Draper". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2018. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
"Senior Men's Programme". hockeywales.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
"GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
"GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

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

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