Brett Wilkie
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1974 Ballarat, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brett Wilkie is an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Wilkie came to prominence after winning the Australian national championship and qualifying for the 2009 World Singles Champion of Champions event, where he won the gold medal defeating Wayne Hogg of Scotland in the final.[2]
He was selected to play for Australia during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi where he won a triples silver medal. Wilkie then won the gold medal in the fours with Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey and Wayne Ruediger during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide and a silver medal in the triples.
He competed in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[3][4]
He won two silver medals at the 2011 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Adelaide.[5]
He won a gold medal with bowls pairs partner Aaron Wilson in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and won a silver medal in the fours.[6]
He was selected as part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he claimed a silver medal in the Fours with Aron Sherriff, Barrie Lester, and Nathan Rice.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Australia team profiles" (PDF). 2016 World Bowls. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Coast's Kelsey a world champion". Sunshine Coast Daily.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Matt Flapper, Brett Wilkie bowl their way to bronze". The Courier. Australia. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "Fours results". CG2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Australian male bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- Sportspeople from Ballarat
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)