Jacob Thomas Whetton (born 15 June 1991) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Australian national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacob Thomas Whetton | ||
| Born |
15 June 1991 Brisbane, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Brisbane Blaze | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eastern Suburbs Tigers | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –2018 | Queensland Blades | ||
| 2014–2017 | Punjab Warriors | ||
| 2019-2024 | Brisbane Blaze | ||
| 2024-present | NMHC Nijmegen | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–present | Australia | 209 | (65) |
Medal record | |||
Personal life
editWhetton is from Queensland[2] and considers Brisbane his home town.[3] He was born on 15 June 1991.[3] He lives in Perth, Western Australia.[3] His nickname is Whetty.[3]
Club career
editWhetton plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League where he wears number 21. He played three seasons for the Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India League. In the inaugural Hockey One season in 2019 he played for the Brisbane Blaze. In February 2020 he signed a two-year contract at Oranje-Rood in the Dutch Hoofdklasse from the 2020–21 season onwards.[4] After the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021 the transfer was cancelled.[5]
International career
editIn December 2011, Whetton was named as one of fourteen players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national Olympic development squad. While this squad is not in the top twenty-eight and separate from the Olympic training coach, the Australian coach Ric Charlesworth did not rule out selecting from only the training squad, with players from the Olympic development having a chance at possibly being called up to represent Australia at the Olympics. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.[2][3] Since his debut in 2011 he has played 209 times for the Kookaburras.
Whetton was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.[6]
References
edit- ^ "WHETTON Jake". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ a b Barrow, Tim (15 December 2011). "Govers on his way to London Games - HOCKEY". Illawarra Mercury. Wollongong, Australia. p. 69. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Hockey Australia: Jacob Whetton". Hockey.org.au. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ Blauwhof, Joost (4 February 2020). "Oranje-Rood haalt Australische sterspeler Jake Whetton in huis". ed.nl (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ Wester, Eelko (2 June 2020). "Door corona plots nog amper buitenlanders in de Hoofdklasse". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
External links
edit- Jacob Whetton at the International Hockey Federation
- Jacob Whetton at Olympics.com
- Jacob Whetton at Olympedia
- Jacob Whetton at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Jacob Whetton at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Jacob Whetton at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Jake Whetton at Hockey.org.au (also at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com)
