Daniel Salmon (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 July 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cardiff IBC / Penylan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Salmon (born 1994) is a Welsh international lawn and Indoor bowler.
Bowls career
He made his first indoor international appearance aged just 15 in 2010 becoming the youngest person to represent Wales indoors.[1]
In 2017 he reached the final of the open pairs during the 2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship with his playing partner Damian Doubler[2] and won the 2017 World Youth Championships at Broadbeach Bowls Club on Australia’s Gold Coast.[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 Marc Wyatt.[6]
In 2019 he won the singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[7] and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[8] In 2021, he won the men's triples title at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[9]
In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] Salmon won his second consecutive Commonwealth pairs gold medal, but this time partnering Jarrad Breen.[11] Shortly after the Games he went on to claim two national titles by winning both the singles and fours at the Welsh National Championships, bowling for Penylan.[12]
References
- ^ "Bowls: Young star Dan Salmon has week to remember". Wales Online.
- ^ "Bowls: Welshmen Salmon, Doubler and Greenslade in pairs final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Congratulations to Golden Boy Dan Salmon". Welsh Bowls Association.
- ^ "World Youth Championships Broadbeach". World Bowls.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team Wales.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Wales win bowls men's pairs to deny Scotland's Alex Marshall". BBC Sport.
- ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Latest News". Welsh Bowls.
- ^ "2021 National Finals". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Wales beat England to win gold". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 National Championships". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 19 September 2022.