Jamie Chestney
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  England |
| Born | 15 November 1986 Kings Lynn, England |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Club | Kings BC, Torquay (outdoor) Exonia BC (indoor) |
Jamie Chestney (born 15 November 1986) is an English male international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
Chestney is a twice national champion winning two National Championship titles in 2004 and 2009.[2]
His first major international medal came in 2012 when he gained a bronze medal at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs competition with Graham Shadwell.[3] Tow years later he competed for England in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal.[4]
He finished runner-up in the 2016 International Open and the following year won the Cooperative Funeralcare International Open.
In 2018 he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Mark Dawes [5] and then won the Mixed Pairs title the following day with Lesley Doig.[6]
In 2018 he was also selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[7] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Louis Ridout and Sam Tolchard.[8][9]
He was part of the Kings Bowls Club, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016-2019.[10]
Chestney won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship for the second time with Mark Dawes.[11][12]
Personal life
In 2015 he married fellow bowls international Natalie Melmore.[13]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Jamie Chestney biography". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Chestney & Dawes win Pairs Final". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Second World Indoor title as Jamie Chestney gains revenge over Darren Burnett". BBC Sport.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
- ^ "Fours results". CG2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
- ^ "KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN'S TOP CLUB TITLE". Bowls England.
- ^ "Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title". Bowls International. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Second world pairs title for Mark Dawes following closure of Blackpool Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Natalie and Jamie Chestney - the couple going for gold". BBC Sport.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- English male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from King's Lynn
- Indoor Bowls World Champions