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'''Dan Norton''' (born 22 March 1988) is a [[rugby union]] player for the [[England national rugby sevens team|England rugby sevens national team]]. He is the leading all-time try scorer in rugby sevens history with 338, beating the previous record of 244 held by [[Kenya national rugby sevens team|Kenya's]] [[Collins Injera]] at the [[2017 Hong Kong Sevens]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/39531533 |title=World Rugby Sevens: England's Dan Norton scores record-breaking try |work=BBC Sport |date= |accessdate=9 April 2017}}</ref>
 
A product of Hartpury College. He played most his career as a [[Rugby union positions#14. &and 11. Wing|winger]].
Norton was part of the [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] academy and dual registered with [[Moseley Rugby Football Club|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.
 
He competed inat the 2016 Rio Olympic2016 GamesSummer representing Team GB,Olympics where he scored a try in the final, but was ultimately unable to prevent a 43-7 [[drubbing]] by Fiji.
 
He helped the Team England rugby sevens team secured bronze at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast in April 2018 with a [[Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games|21-14 win]] over South Africa and the same side that won silver at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco 2018.