Chris Wyles
Wyles in December 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Chris Wyles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 September 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Wyles (born 13 September 1983) is a former American-English rugby union player. Until his retirement in January 2016, Wyles represented the United States men's national rugby sevens team in three World Cups in 2007, 2011, and 2015. He was captain of the U.S. men's national rugby union team in the 2015 Rugby World Cup and for USA Sevens, a Rugby League World Sevens team, in both the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 seasons. In 2015, he was selected for the USA Olympic team, where he competed for USA Sevens in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2008, he joined Saracens in the English Premiership. In over 200 appearances, he has helped his club win four Aviva Premiership Champion titles in 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2018, and two European Champions Cup in 2016 and 2017. He played three positions, wing, full back, and centre, and is the most capped fullback in U.S. national team history.