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George Sneddon
Personal information
Nationality Scotland
Born (1949-12-13) 13 December 1949 (age 74)
Winchburgh
Sport
ClubBroxburn
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Johannesburg pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Johannesburg fours
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester pairs

George Sneddon (born 1949) in Winchburgh is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowls player.[1]

Bowls career

He won a gold medal in the pairs with Alex Marshall at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. He also won a bronze medal in the fours.[2]

Sneddon won the gold medal in the pairs with Marshall once again at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[3] [4]

He was National singles champion in 1991 [5] and triples champion in 1998.[6]

References

  1. ^ "George Sneddon". Gazetteer for Scotland.
  2. ^ "Bowls: Sneddon recovers for title". The Telegraph.
  3. ^ "Scots are golden pair". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland.
  6. ^ "Scottish Champions" (PDF). West Lothian Bowling Association.