Jamie Walker (born 20 December 1991) is an English international bowls player.[2]
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1991 Northampton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Northampton West End | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 13 (June 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
Outdoors
In 2013, he won two gold medals at the European Bowls Championships in Spain.[3]
He was named as the 2015 Thomas Taylor 'Bowler of the Year'[4] after securing a National title in 2015 and winning the singles gold medal and the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5] In 2016 he won two more National titles, the Junior singles and Mixed fours at Leamington Spa.[6]
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.[7]
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[8][9] and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[10]
In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11] Partnering Sam Tolchard he won the pairs silver medal, losing out to Wales in the final.[12]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[13] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[14][15] In the triples with Nick Brett and Louis Ridout, he won the bronze medal.
Indoors
Walker made a sensational debut at the 2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship by winning the singles event, beating Jason Banks in the final.[16]