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| Born |
21 November 1992 Cwmbran, Wales | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| Whitchurch | ||||||||||||||
| –2014 | Cardiff & Met | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Surbiton | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2025 | Hampstead & Westminster | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| 2014– | Wales | 116 | ||||||||||||
| 2014– | GB | 54 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rupert Scott Shipperley (born 21 November 1992) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Wales and Great Britain.[1] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Shipperley was born in Cwmbran, Wales, and played hockey for Whitchurch, followed by Cardiff & Met before joining Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League for the 2014 season.[2] Shipperley made his senior debut for Wales on 13 May 2014, in a 0–5 defeat to Spain in Spain.
In 2016, he transferred to Hampstead & Westminster and while at the club played for Wales at Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast[3][4] and 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, where they finished 6th.
Shipperley was a Geography teacher at King's College School, Wimbledon before he was selected for the Great Britain team that would go to Tokyo for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games.[5]
He represented Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham[6] He was part of the Welsh team at the 2023 World Cup, which was the first time in their history that Wales had appeared in the world Cup.[7]
Shipperley was subsequently selected to represent the Great Britain team again at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[9]
In 2025, he helped Wales win the gold medal at the European Championship II, defeating Ireland in the final.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ GB Squads Selected For Opening 2020 FIH Pro League Matches
- ^ "Wimbledon Hockey Club hungry to make championship finals after recruiting 'strong' team". South West Londoner. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Wales name Gold Coast Games hockey teams". BBC Sport. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Athlete Profile: Rupert Shipperley". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Hockey Commonwealth Games 2022: Wales select 'incredibly competitive' squads". The Hockey Paper. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "2023 World Cup in India highlights Wales' international student offer3 Eurohockey Championships". Study in Wales.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Wales men beat Ireland in EuroHockey II final shootout". FBBC Sport. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "EuroHockey Championship II 2025 Men". FIH. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Rupert Shipperley at the International Hockey Federation
- Rupert Shipperley at Olympics.com
- Rupert Shipperley at Team GB
- Rupert Shipperley at Olympedia
- Rupert Shipperley at Commonwealth Games Wales
- Rupert Shipperley at Global Sports Archive
- Rupert Shipperley at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Rupert Shipperley at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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