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Aron Sherriff
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 38)
Paddington, Australia
Sport
SportBowls
ClubClub Helensvale
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Christchurch singles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Christchurch pairs
Gold medal – first place 2012 Adelaide fours
Silver medal – second place 2012 Adelaide Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2016 Christchurch triples
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Christchurch singles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast triples
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast fours
World Singles Champion of Champions
Gold medal – first place 2010 Norfolk Island Men's Singles

Aron Sherriff (born 29 October 1985) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

World Championship

Sherriff won the gold medal in the triples with Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie and Wayne Ruediger during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. He also won silver in the pairs with Leif Selby. Four years earlier he had won a silver and bronze at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand.

In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Barrie Lester and Mark Casey who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch and he also won a bronze medal in the singles.[1]

In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[2]

Commonwealth Games

He won the lawn bowls bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3] He won the Bowls Australia Awards Night as the International Bowler of the Year for three consecutive years.[4]

Further success came as part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he took two silver medals in the Triples and in the Fours.[5] [6] [7]

Asia Pacific

Sherriff has won six medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including double gold in the triples and fours at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  2. ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED". Bowls Australia.
  3. ^ "Aron Sherriff wins bowling bronze". The Age. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Sherriff Claims Hat-Trick of BA Awards". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Fours results". CG2018.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
  8. ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  9. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 5". World Bowls.
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