Rugby Sevens - BABER Gareth Colin

Date of Birth: 23 May 1972

Gender: Male

Function : Head Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Rugby Sevens	Men FIJ Fiji	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M01 FIJ Fiji 24 JPN Japan 19	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M08 FIJ Fiji 28 CAN Canada 14	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M14 FIJ Fiji 33 GBR Great Britain 7	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Quarter-final #M24 FIJ Fiji 19 AUS Australia 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Semi-final #M31 ARG Argentina 14 FIJ Fiji 26	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Gold Medal Match #M34 NZL New Zealand 12 FIJ Fiji 27	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

He represented Wales in rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 May 2021)

He played rugby union [15-a-side] as a scrum-half for Welsh clubs Newport Gwent Dragons, Cardiff, Llanelli, Aberavon, Pontypridd and for English club Bristol. (bbc.com, 05 Nov 2013)

He coached Fiji men's sevens team to the 2018/19 World Series title. (rugbypass.com, 02 Apr 2020)

He coached the Hong Kong, China men's sevens team to a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (uk.news.yahoo.com, 02 Oct 2014)

In November 2020 he was made an Honorary Officer of the Order of Fiji. (ponty.net, 26 Nov 2020)

He won a Blue award for outstanding sporting achievement at the University of Oxford. (bbc.com, 05 Nov 2013)

Appointment:

Previous role:

He has been the head coach of Welsh rugby union team Cardiff Blues. He has also held the position of assistant coach of the Welsh U20 men's rugby union team and worked as a coach of the Welsh men's national sevens team. He served as the head coach of the Hong Kong, China men's sevens team from 2013 to 2016.

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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