NORTON Dan

Great Britain

Rugby Sevens

Date of Birth: 22 Mar 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.85/6'0''

Place of birth: GLOUCESTER

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : BRISTOL

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Men GBR Great Britain	4

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M02 GBR Great Britain 24 CAN Canada 0	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M07 GBR Great Britain 34 JPN Japan 0	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M14 FIJ Fiji 33 GBR Great Britain 7	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Men's Quarter-final #M22 GBR Great Britain 26 USA United States 21	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Men's Semi-final #M30 NZL New Zealand 29 GBR Great Britain 7	Finished
Tokyo Stadium	Men's Bronze Medal Match #M33 GBR Great Britain 12 ARG Argentina 17	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA
2	Men	2013	Moscow, RUS

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year
2	Men	2016/2017
5	Men	2020
5	Men	2019
5	Men	2018

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS
3	Men	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS
4	Men	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS
7	Men	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2017	Vancouver, BC, CAN
5	Men	2018	Vancouver, BC, CAN
6	Men	2019	Vancouver, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Dubai, UAE
3	Men	2018	Dubai, UAE
3	Men	2017	Dubai, UAE
3	Men	2016	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - England

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2017	London, GBR
4	Men	2018	London, GBR
14	Men	2019	London, GBR

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2018	Paris, FRA
4	Men	2017	Paris, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Hong Kong

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2019	Hong Kong, CHN
7	Men	2017	Hong Kong, CHN

World Rugby Sevens Series - New Zealand

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2020	Hamilton, NZL
7	Men	2018	Hamilton, NZL
7	Men	2017	Wellington, NZL
9	Men	2019	Hamilton, NZL

World Rugby Sevens Series - Singapore

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Singapore, SIN
3	Men	2018	Singapore, SIN
3	Men	2017	Singapore, SIN

World Rugby Sevens Series - South Africa

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2016	Cape Town, RSA
5	Men	2018	Cape Town, RSA
7	Men	2017	Cape Town, RSA
10	Men	2019	Cape Town, RSA

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2019	Las Vegas, NV, USA
5	Men	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA
7	Men	2018	Las Vegas, NV, USA
8	Men	2020	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Nickname:

Denzel (rugbyworld.com, 18 Jan 2012)

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach

Education:

Sport Management - Hartpury College, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Tony Roques [national], GBR

Position style:

Back (theguardian.com, 25 Aug 2020)

Other sports:

He has played rugby union [15-a-side] for Bristol and Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby league in England. In August 2020 he joined English rugby union club London Irish on a short-term contract. (bbc.co.uk, 17 Aug 2020; dannorton.co.uk, 20 Jul 2016)

Debut:

2009 for Great Britain, in Wellington, New Zealand (rfu.com, 04 Aug 2010)

Start:

He began playing rugby at age eight for Spartans RFC in Gloucester, England. (rfu.com, 12 Jul 2013; rugbywrapup.com, 23 Aug 2011)

Reason:

His father encouraged him to take up the sport. (rugbyworld.com, 18 Jan 2012)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (theguardian.com, 25 Aug 2020)

Memorable:

Winning silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Instagram profile, 21 Feb 2021)

Hero:

Fijian rugby union [15-a-side] and sevens players William Ryder and Waisale Serevi, English rugby union player Jason Robinson. (rugbywrapup.com, 23 Aug 2011)

Influence:

His father Aubrey, and his coach at Hartpury College Allan Lewis. (rfu.com, 12 Jul 2013)

Ritual:

He likes to put his left sock and left shoe on before his right. (rugbyworld.com, 18 Jan 2012)

Philosophy:

"You can only control what you can control." (voice-online.co.uk, 19 Apr 2013)

Award:

In 2020 he was presented with the Mark of Excellence by World Rugby in recognition of becoming the first sevens player to score 350 tries in the World Series. (world.rugby, 16 Sep 2020)

He was named England Sevens Player of the Year for 2013. (jamesgrant.com, Jun 2013)

General Interest

General
OTHER EDUCATION
He has also studied at the University of the West of England in Bristol, England. (Facebook profile, 07 Nov 2019)

Milestones

He became the first sevens player to score 350 tries in the World Series at the 2020 Sydney Sevens tournament. (world.rugby, 16 Sep 2020)

In April 2017 he became the all-time top try-scorer in rugby sevens at the World Series, scoring his 245th try to move ahead of Kenya's Collins Injera. "It was quite an amazing feeling to be honest. I never thought I'd be in this kind of position. I'm very humbled to be at the top of the tree." (edition.cnn.com, 12 May 2017; bbc.co.uk, 07 Apr 2017)

He was part of the team that won Great Britain's first Olympic rugby sevens medal, a silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (theguardian.com, 25 Aug 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 09 Mar 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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