# Jacob Whetton

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{{short description|Australian field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}}
{{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](/source/Brisbane), Australia
| height         = 1.72 m<ref>{{cite web |title=WHETTON Jake |url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/players/whetton-jake__69749__4214 |website=www.worldcup2018.hockey |publisher=[International Hockey Federation](/source/International_Hockey_Federation) |access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref>
| weight         = 64 kg
| position       = Forward
| currentclub    = [Brisbane Blaze](/source/Brisbane_Blaze)
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = Eastern Suburbs Tigers 
| years1         = {{0|0000}}–2018
| clubs1         = [Queensland Blades](/source/Queensland_Blades)
| years2         = 2014–2017
| clubs2         = [Punjab Warriors](/source/Punjab_Warriors)
| years3         = 2019-2024
| clubs3         = [Brisbane Blaze](/source/Brisbane_Blaze)
| nationalyears1 = 2011–present
| nationalteam1  = [Australia](/source/Australia_men's_national_field_hockey_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 209
| nationalgoals1 = 65
| show-medals    = no
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [field hockey](/source/field_hockey)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|[2020 Tokyo](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics)|[Team](/source/Field_hockey_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Cup](/source/Men's_FIH_Hockey_World_Cup)}}
{{MedalGold|[2014 The Hague](/source/2014_Men's_Hockey_World_Cup)|}}
{{MedalBronze|[2018 Bhubaneswar](/source/2018_Men's_Hockey_World_Cup)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Oceania Cup](/source/Men's_Oceania_Cup)}}
{{MedalGold|[2013 Stratford](/source/2013_Oceania_Cup)|}}
{{MedalGold|[2017 Sydney](/source/2017_Oceania_Cup)|}}
{{MedalGold|[2019 Rockhampton](/source/2019_Oceania_Cup_(field_hockey))|}}
{{MedalGold|[2023 Whangārei](/source/2023_Men's_Oceania_Cup)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[FIH Pro League](/source/Men's_FIH_Pro_League)}}
{{MedalGold|[2019 Amstelveen](/source/2019_Men's_FIH_Pro_League)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Hockey_at_the_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[2014 Glasgow](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games)|[Team](/source/Hockey_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)}}
{{MedalGold|[2018 Gold Coast](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games)|[Team](/source/Hockey_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)}}
{{MedalGold|[2022 Birmingham](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[Team](/source/Hockey_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Champions Trophy](/source/Hockey_Champions_Trophy)}}
{{MedalGold|[2012 Melbourne](/source/2012_Men's_Hockey_Champions_Trophy)|}}
{{MedalGold|[2018 Breda](/source/2018_Men's_Hockey_Champions_Trophy)|}}
{{MedalBronze|[2014 Bhubaneswar](/source/2014_Men's_Hockey_Champions_Trophy)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World League](/source/Men's_FIH_Hockey_World_League)}}
{{MedalGold|[2016–17 Bhubaneswar](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_Men's_FIH_Hockey_World_League_Final)|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Junior World Cup](/source/Men's_FIH_Hockey_Junior_World_Cup)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2009 Johor Bahru–Singapore](/source/2009_Men's_Hockey_Junior_World_Cup)|}}
|clubs4=NMHC Nijmegen|years4=2024-present}}
'''Jacob Thomas Whetton''' (born 15 June 1991) is an Australian [field hockey](/source/field_hockey) player who plays as a forward for the [Australian national team](/source/Australia_men's_national_field_hockey_team).

==Personal life==
Whetton is from Queensland<ref name=again-in-2011/> and considers [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane) his home town.<ref name=hockeyaus/> He was born on 15 June 1991.<ref name=hockeyaus>{{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}}</ref> He lives in [Perth, Western Australia](/source/Perth%2C_Western_Australia).<ref name=hockeyaus/> His nickname is Whetty.<ref name=hockeyaus/>

==Club career==
Whetton plays for the Queensland Blades in the [Australian Hockey League](/source/Australian_Hockey_League) where he wears number 21. He played three seasons for the [Punjab Warriors](/source/Punjab_Warriors) in the [Hockey India League](/source/Hockey_India_League). In the [inaugural Hockey One season](/source/2019_Men's_Hockey_One) in 2019 he played for the [Brisbane Blaze](/source/Brisbane_Blaze). In February 2020 he signed a two-year contract at [Oranje-Rood](/source/HC_Oranje-Rood) in the [Dutch Hoofdklasse](/source/Men's_Hoofdklasse_Hockey) from the 2020–21 season onwards.<ref>{{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](/source/Eindhovens_Dagblad) |access-date=3 March 2020 |language=nl |date=4 February 2020}}</ref> After the postponement of the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) to 2021 the transfer was cancelled.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==International career==
In December 2011, Whetton was named as one of fourteen players to be on the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) [Australian men's national Olympic development squad](/source/Australia_men's_national_field_hockey_team).  While this squad is not in the top twenty-eight and separate from the Olympic training coach, the Australian coach [Ric Charlesworth](/source/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](/source/Perth%2C_Western_Australia).<ref name=again-in-2011>{{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}}</ref><ref name=hockeyaus/> Since his debut in 2011 he has played 209 times for the Kookaburras.

Whetton was selected in the [Kookaburras](/source/Kookaburras_(hockey)) Olympics squad for the [Tokyo 2020 Olympics](/source/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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Hockey Australia|jake-whetton|Jake Whetton|id2=789}}
* {{sports links}}

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