Rupert Shipperley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rupert Scott Shipperley | ||
| Born |
21 November 1992 Cwmbran, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hampstead & Westminster | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Whitchurch | |||
| Cardiff & Met | |||
| 2014–2016 | Surbiton | ||
| 2016–present | Hampstead & Westminster | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2014–present | Wales & GB | 75 | (13) |
| Last updated on: 28 October 2020 | |||
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 plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster.
He has also played for Surbiton and Cardiff & Met.
Before being selected for Tokyo 2020, he was a Geography teacher at King's College School, Wimbledon.
International career
[edit]Shipperley made his senior debut for Wales on 13 May 2014, in a 0–5 defeat to Spain in Spain. He played for Wales at Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast[2] and 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, where they finished 6th. He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ GB Squads Selected For Opening 2020 FIH Pro League Matches
- ^ "Athlete Profile: Rupert Shipperley". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Rupert Shipperley at the International Hockey Federation
- Rupert Shipperley at Olympics.com
- Rupert Shipperley at Olympedia
- Rupert Shipperley at Team GB
- Rupert Shipperley at Commonwealth Games Wales
- Rupert Shipperley at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Rupert Shipperley at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
|  | |
| | |
 | ||
  | This biographical article relating to an English field hockey figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cwmbran
- Welsh male field hockey players
- British male field hockey players
- Male field hockey forwards
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Surbiton Hockey Club players
- Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- 21st-century British sportsmen
- English field hockey biography stubs