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Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Northampton, England | 20 December 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Northampton West End | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jamie Walker (born 20 December 1991) is an English international bowls player.[1]
In 2013, he won two gold medals at the European Bowls Championships in Spain.[2]
He was named as the 2015 Thomas Taylor 'Bowler of the Year'[3] after securing a National title in 2015 and winning the singles gold medal and the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4] In 2016 he won two more National titles, the Junior singles and Mixed fours at Leamington Spa.[5]
In December 2016 he was part of the triples team with Andy Knapper and Robert Paxton who won the gold medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[6]
He has won six National Championship titles in 2011, 2013, 2015 (x 2), 2016 and 2017.
In 2019 he won the singles and pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[7][8] and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[9]
In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] Partnering Sam Tolchard he won the pairs silver medal, losing out to Wales in the final.[11]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[12] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[13][14] In the triples with Nick Brett and Louis Ridout, he won the bronze medal.
Walker made a sensational debut at the 2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship by winning the singles event, beating Jason Banks in the final.[15]