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Rupert Shipperley

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Rupert Shipperley
Personal information
Born (1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 32)
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)

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

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Shipperley was born in Cwmbran, Wales, and played hockey for Whitchurch, folloeed by Cardiff & Met before joining Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League for the 2014 season. 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[2] 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.[3]

He represented Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham[4] and was subsequently selected to represent the Great Britain team again at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[6]

References

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  1. ^ GB Squads Selected For Opening 2020 FIH Pro League Matches
  2. ^ "Athlete Profile: Rupert Shipperley". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Hockey Commonwealth Games 2022: Wales select 'incredibly competitive' squads". The Hockey Paper. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  5. ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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