Rupert Shipperley

Rupert Shipperley
Personal information
Born	21 November 1992 (age 32); 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
2016–2026	Hampstead & Westminster
National team
Years	Team
2014–	Wales
2014–	GB
Medal record
Representing Wales
European Championship II

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

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]