| Jacob Draper | |
| Full Name: | Jacob Benjamin Draper |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Cwmbran, Wales |
| Weight: | 74 kg |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Pinoké |
| Clubs1: | Gwent HC |
| Years2: | –2018 |
| Clubs2: | Preston HC |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Cardiff & Met |
| Years4: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Hampstead & Westminster |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Beerschot |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Hampstead & Westminster |
| Years7: | 2023–present |
| Clubs7: | Pinoké[1] |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Wales & GB U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–present |
| Nationalteam2: | Wales & GB |
| Nationalcaps2: | 66 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Updated: | 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]
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]