David Berty
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| Born | 11 June 1970 Toulouse, France | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 177 lb (80 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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David Berty (born 11 June 1970) is a French former international rugby union player and a wheelchair rugby league player.
A native of Toulouse, Berty was a winger and gained six France caps during the 1990s, debuting in a home Test against the All Blacks. He also represented France at the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Berty won five Brennus Shields playing with Stade Toulousain and was the top try-scorer in the 1993–94 French Championship. He played in Stade Toulousain's 1995–96 Heineken Cup title-winning side.
In 2002, Berty was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a condition that has left him confined to a wheelchair.
Berty switched to playing wheelchair rugby league and joined Toulouse–St Jory. In 2022, he was selected to represent Spain at the 2021 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup. In the opening match of the tournament, Berty scored a hat-trick to help Spain win 55–33 against Ireland.