Phillip Burgess (born 1 July 1988) is an English
rugby sevens player who plays 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 ...
on the
World Rugby Sevens Series
The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
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He competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
, where he won a silver medal in the
men's tournament with the British team.
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1988 births
Living people
English rugby sevens players
Olympic rugby sevens players of Great Britain
Great Britain national rugby sevens team players
Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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 of England
Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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