Dan Bibby (born 6 February 1991) is an English rugby sevens player from

Aspull Aspull is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Aspull, along with Haigh, is surrounded by greenbelt and agricultural land, separated from Westhoughton, on its southeast sid ...

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. He currently plays internationally as a

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for the

England national rugby sevens team The England national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. England's best finish in the Sevens Series is second place, which they have achieved four times, most recently i ...

and the

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Youth and early career

Bibby attended

Kirkham Grammar School Kirkham Grammar School is a selective, co-educational independent school in Kirkham, Lancashire, England. It was founded in 1549. Its roots can be traced back to the chantry school attached to St Michael's Church in the 13th century. The sc ...

. Bibby started playing for Aspull RFC, the only

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club in his area since Wigan is better known for

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. He later moved to play as a fly half for

Fylde Rugby Club Fylde Rugby Union Club is a rugby union club based in Lytham St Annes, on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England. The home venue is the Woodlands Memorial Ground on Blackpool Road in Ansdell and the first team play in English rugby's Nation ...

in 2008 and a year later was chosen to represent England Students in rugby union. He later attended

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where he studied

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and where he represented them in the British Universities and Colleges sevens competition final at

Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium () in Twickenham, south-west London, England, is a rugby union stadium owned by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there. The England national rugby union team play ...

. After that he was invited by

Sale Sharks Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...

to join them for the summer in 2011 and played for them in the

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International career

Bibby was called up to play for the England national rugby sevens team in 2012 in the

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. He also competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2016, Bibby declared his intention to play at the

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for the

. However he received a shoulder injury in the

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which could have jeopardized his participation, however he was able to rejoin the Great Britain team for training. In July he was chosen for the final Great Britain Olympic team. In the quarter-finals of the Olympic rugby sevens tournament, Bibby scored the decisive try and

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for Great Britain against the

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after a 0–0 draw.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bibby, Dan 1991 births Living people People from Aspull Rugby union players from Greater Manchester Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan England international rugby sevens players Fylde Rugby Club players Sale Sharks players Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University Rugby union fly-halves Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Great Britain Great Britain international rugby sevens players Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Male rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for England Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics People educated at Kirkham Grammar School Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games