Dan Norton

Dan Norton

Norton in 2012
Birth name	Daniel John Norton
Date of birth	(1988-03-22) 22 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Gloucester, England
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
School	Brockworth Enterprise School
University	Hartpury College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Fullback Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2009 Gloucester 1 (0) 2007–2009 → Moseley (loan) 37 (120) 2009–2011 Bristol 31 (90) 2011– Hartpury College 7 (55) 2020 London Irish () National sevens teams Years Team Comps 2009–2022 England 7s 91 2016, 2020 Great Britain 2
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team competition

Daniel John Norton (born 22 March 1988) is a former rugby union player. He is the leading all-time try scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series with over 350 tries, beating the previous record of 244 held by Kenya's Collins Injera at the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens tournament.^[1]

A product of Hartpury College, Norton played most of his career as a winger. Norton was part of the Gloucester academy and dual registered with Moseley for both the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. Moving on to Bristol Bears (Previously Bristol Rugby) from the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.

Norton won a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics,^[2][3] he scored a try in the final, but was unable to prevent a 43-7 drubbing by Fiji.^[4][5] He helped the England rugby sevens team secure bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast^[6][3] with a 21-14 win over South Africa and the same side that won silver at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco 2018.