Jacob_Smith_(field_hockey)

Jacob Smith (field hockey)

Jacob Smith (field hockey)

New Zealand field hockey player


Jacob Anthony Phillip Smith (born 3 April 1991)[1] is a New Zealand field hockey player.[2]

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Personal life

Smith was born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand.[3]

Career

Club level

In the New Zealand National Hockey League Smith plays for Auckland.[4] During the 2018–19 season, Smith relocated to the Netherlands to play in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for Pinoké.[5]

National team

Smith made his national debut for the Black Sticks in 2012. Shortly after, he represented the team at his first major tournament, the Champions Trophy.[6]

In 2014, Smith medalled for the first time with New Zealand at the 2012–13 FIH World League in New Delhi, India, where the team lost 2–7 to the Netherlands in the final.

Smith's most recent appearance for the team was during the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League in 2019. New Zealand finished in eighth and last place in the competition.[7] He has also been named in the Black Sticks team for the 2019 Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic test event in Tokyo, Japan.[8]

International goals

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References

  1. "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. "Vantage Black Sticks Men". www.blacksticks.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. "Black Sticks men beat Japan". rnz.co.nz. Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. "SMITH Jacob". hockeynz.altiusrt.com. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. "HEREN 01". www.pinoke.nl (in Dutch). Pinoké. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. "SMITH Jacob". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  7. "SMITH Jacob". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 16 August 2019.



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