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{{Infobox rugby biography | name = Dan Bibby | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|2|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Aspull, Greater Manchester, England | height = 1.76 m | weight = 89 kg | school = Kirkham Grammar School | university = Cardiff Metropolitan University | ru_position = Fly half | ru_currentteam = | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Aspull | years1 = 2011 | clubs1 = Sale Sharks | points1 = 0 | apps1 = 0 | ru_clubupdate = | repsevensyears1 = 2012– | repsevensyears2 = 2016 | repsevensteam1 = England | repsevensteam2 = Great Britain | repsevenscomp1 = 25 | website = | medals = {{MedalSport|Men's rugby sevens}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team competition}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|Team competition}} }}
'''Dan Bibby''' (born 6 February 1991)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/dan-bibby |title=Dan Bibby |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=11 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806041022/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/dan-bibby |archivedate= 6 August 2016 }}</ref> is an English rugby sevens player from Aspull, Wigan, Greater Manchester. He currently plays internationally as a fly half for the England national rugby sevens team and the Great Britain national rugby sevens team.<ref name=sky>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12504/7723141/bibby-set-for-debut |title=Bibby set for debut |publisher=Sky Sports |date= |accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>
==Youth and early career== Bibby attended Kirkham Grammar School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/dan-the-man-for-great-britain-sevens-team-1-8060301 |title=Dan the Man for Great Britain sevens team |work=Blackpool Gazette |date= 10 August 2016|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> Bibby started playing for Aspull RFC,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/dan-s-the-man-for-rio-rugby-gold-1-8060195 |title=Dan's the man for Rio rugby gold |work=Wigan Today |date=10 August 2016 |accessdate=16 August 2016}}</ref> the only rugby union club in his area since Wigan is better known for rugby league.<ref name=men>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/danny-bibbys-hat-tricks-help-sale-867035 |title=Danny Bibby's hat-tricks help Sale Sharks reach final |work=Manchester Evening News |date= 2 August 2011|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> He later moved to play as a fly half for Fylde Rugby Club in 2008 and a year later was chosen to represent England Students in rugby union.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandrugby.com/england/england-sevens/squads/dan-bibby/ |title=Dan Bibby |publisher=RFU |date=16 May 2016 |accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>
He later attended Cardiff Metropolitan University where he studied sports science<ref name=men /> and where he represented them in the British Universities and Colleges sevens competition final at Twickenham Stadium. After that he was invited by Sale Sharks to join them for the summer in 2011 and played for them in the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series.<ref name=men />
==International career== Bibby was called up to play for the England national rugby sevens team in 2012 in the Scotland Sevens.<ref name=sky /> He also competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/dan-s-the-man-for-rio-rugby-gold-1-8060195 |title=Dan's the man for Rio rugby gold |work=Wigan Today |date= 10 August 2016|accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> In 2016, Bibby declared his intention to play at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Great Britain national rugby sevens team. However he received a shoulder injury in the Australian Sevens which could have jeopardized his participation, however he was able to rejoin the Great Britain team for training.<ref>{{cite web |last=Verdier |first=Nick |url=http://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/latest-news/25309/star-man-dan-bibby-targets-twickenham-comeback/ |title=Star man Dan Bibby targets Twickenham comeback |work=The Rugby Paper |date=3 March 2016 |accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> In July he was chosen for the final Great Britain Olympic team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/team-gb-selects-its-first-ever-rugby-sevens-squads |title=Team GB selects its first ever rugby sevens squads |publisher=Team GB |date= |accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref> In the quarter-finals of the Olympic rugby sevens tournament, Bibby scored the decisive try and golden point in extra time for Great Britain against the Argentina national rugby sevens team after a 0–0 draw.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kitson, Robert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/10/dan-bibby-try-extra-time-rio-2016-rugby-sevens-great-britain |title=Dan Bibby's sudden death try sends GB through to rugby sevens semis |work=The Guardian |date=11 August 2016 |accessdate=11 August 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|28em}}
== External links == * {{World Rugby Sevens Series profile|mens/51523}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Team GB|3WzgVonJdzIzgkrCdbrKoR}}
{{Great Britain rugby sevens squad 2016 Summer Olympics}} {{Great Britain men's rugby sevens squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
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