Rupert Shipperley

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|11|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cwmbran, Wales

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Midfielder / Forward

| currentclub = Hampstead & Westminster

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| clubs1 = Whitchurch

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| clubs2 = Cardiff & Met

| years3 = 2014–2016

| clubs3 = Surbiton

| years4 = 2016–present

| clubs4 = Hampstead & Westminster

| nationalyears1 = 2014–present

| nationalteam1 = Wales & GB

| nationalcaps1 = 75

| nationalgoals1 = 13

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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.[http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=48788&itemTitle=GB+Squads+Selected+For+Opening+2020+FIH+Pro+League+Matches§ion=1044 GB Squads Selected For Opening 2020 FIH Pro League Matches] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

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{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43234341 |title=Commonwealth Games: Wales name Gold Coast Games hockey teams |website=BBC Sport |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=17 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/hockey/athlete-profile-n6035498-rupert-shipperley.htm|title=Athlete Profile: Rupert Shipperley|accessdate=9 October 2019|year=2018|publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12334725/team-gb-hockey-21-players-to-make-olympic-debuts-as-mens-and-womens-squads-are-named|title=Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named |website=Sky Sports|date=17 June 2021 |access-date=16 May 2025}}

He represented Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2022/06/15/hockey-commonwealth-games-2022-wales-select-incredibly-competitive-squads |title=Hockey Commonwealth Games 2022: Wales select 'incredibly competitive' squads |website=The Hockey Paper |date=15 June 2022 |access-date=16 May 2025}} and was subsequently selected to represent the Great Britain team again at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/hockey/articles/ce99edrn13wo |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 August 2024 |date=18 June 2024}} The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy799nlnp8lo|title=GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 August 2024}}