Jacob Whetton

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Jake Whetton

| image =

| full_name = Jacob Thomas Whetton

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|6|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brisbane, Australia

| height = 1.72 m{{cite web |title=WHETTON Jake |url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/players/whetton-jake__69749__4214 |website=www.worldcup2018.hockey |publisher=International Hockey Federation |access-date=11 March 2019}}

| weight = 64 kg

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Brisbane Blaze

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Eastern Suburbs Tigers

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2018

| clubs1 = Queensland Blades

| years2 = 2014–2017

| clubs2 = Punjab Warriors

| years3 = 2019-2024

| clubs3 = Brisbane Blaze

| nationalyears1 = 2011–present

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 209

| nationalgoals1 = 65

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}

|clubs4=NMHC Nijmegen|years4=2024-present}}

Jacob Thomas Whetton (born 15 June 1991) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Australian national team.

Personal life

Whetton is from Queensland and considers Brisbane his home town. He was born on 15 June 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=487 |title=Hockey Australia: Jacob Whetton |publisher=Hockey.org.au |access-date=2012-06-05}} He lives in Perth, Western Australia. His nickname is Whetty.

Club career

Whetton 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.{{cite web |last1=Blauwhof |first1=Joost |title=Oranje-Rood haalt Australische sterspeler Jake Whetton in huis |url=https://www.ed.nl/hockey/oranje-rood-haalt-australische-sterspeler-jake-whetton-in-huis~aa96612f/§ |website=ed.nl |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |access-date=3 March 2020 |language=nl |date=4 February 2020}} After the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021 the transfer was cancelled.{{cite web |last1=Wester |first1=Eelko |title=Door corona plots nog amper buitenlanders in de Hoofdklasse |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/topcompetities/door-corona-plots-nog-amper-buitenlanders-in-de-hoofdklasse/ |website=hockey.nl |access-date=2 June 2020 |language=nl |date=2 June 2020}}

International career

In 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.{{cite news|access-date=14 March 2012|title=Govers on his way to London Games - HOCKEY|newspaper=Illawarra Mercury|location=Wollongong, Australia|date=15 December 2011|first=Tim|last=Barrow|page=69|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:IWMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA65B473CA7410&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Roar|language=en-US}}