John Ottaway
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John Ottaway is an English international lawn bowler born on 2 June 1955.
Bowls career[edit]
John began bowling in 1970 aged just 15 and played indoors and outdoors for Wymondham Dell club in Norfolk.[1]
He represented England in the fours, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand[2][3] and the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4]
His greatest moment came when winning the Gold Medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the Men's fours at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. John became Norfolk bowls president in 2014.[5]
He has won five National Championship titles in 1989, 1990, 1996, 2000 and 2001 and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1990.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Legend Ottaway becomes president". Eastern Daily Press.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013.
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Categories:
- English male bowls players
- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Wymondham
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games