Marc Wyatt (born 15 September 1977) is a Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]
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| Nickname | Sparky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1977 Caerphilly, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editIn 2011, he won three gold medals at the European Bowls Championships in Portugal.[2]
He competed for Wales in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[3][4]
He was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[5] where he claimed a gold medal in the Pairs with Daniel Salmon.[6]
He has also won the 2002 triples title, 2006 fours title and 2017 pairs title at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for Caerphilly Town BC[7] and in 2009 he won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Marc Wyatt named in Welsh Lawn Bowls squad for Glasgow Commonwealth Games". Caerphilly Observer. 7 March 2014.
- ^ "2011 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Lawn bowls trio delighted with bronze for Team Wales". South Wales Argus. 28 July 2014.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team Wales.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Wales win bowls men's pairs to deny Scotland's Alex Marshall". BBC Sport.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
- ^ "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.