Jacob Thomas Whetton (born 15 June 1991) is an Australian

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player who plays as a forward for the Australian national team.

Personal life

Whetton is from Queensland and considers

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his home town. He was born on 15 June 1991. He lives in

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. His nickname is Whetty.

Club career

Whetton plays for the Queensland Blades in the

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where he wears number 21. He played three seasons for the

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in the

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. 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. After the postponement of the

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to 2021 the transfer was cancelled.

International career

In December 2011, Whetton was named as one of fourteen players to be on the

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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

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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

. Since his debut in 2011 he has played 209 times for the Kookaburras. Whetton was selected in the

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Olympics squad for the

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. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Whetton, Jacob 1991 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players from Brisbane Hockey India League players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey 21st-century Australian sportsmen Sportsmen from Queensland 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games NMHC Nijmegen players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players