Jeremy Henry (bowls)

Jeremy Henry
Personal information
Full nameJeremy Norman Henry
NationalityNorthern Irish / Australian
Born (1974-04-03) 3 April 1974 (age 50) [1]
Northern Ireland
Sport
ClubWarilla BC
previously Portrush BC
Medal record
Representing Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Men's pairs
Gold medal – first place 2000 Men's singles
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 singles
Gold medal – first place 1994 triples
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2002 Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Men's triples
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Men's pairs

Jeremy Norman Henry (born 3 April 1974)[1] is a former Irish and current Australian lawn and indoor bowler born in Northern Ireland.

Bowls career

Outdoor Bowls

Henry has achieved major success in the sport winning two gold medals in the World Outdoor Bowls Championship and three Commonwealth Games medals.[2]

In 1996 he won the gold in the pairs with Sammy Allen at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide, Australia. Four years later he won a second gold at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the singles in Johannesburg, South Africa.[3]

In the Commonwealth Games he won the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the singles at Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and four years later won silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Heaton Park, Manchester. Another silver medal in 2006 came in the triples event.[4]

All of the medals were won representing a combined Ireland team or Northern Ireland (Commonwealth Games) before Henry emigrated to Australia where he resides and plays for Warilla and has been capped by Australia.[5]

He has also won six outdoor Irish National Bowls Championships; the 1996 and 2001 singles, the 1990, 1994 and 2003 pairs titles and the 1993 triples title.[6][7] He has also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1997.[8] In 2006, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title.[9]

Indoor bowls

He won a 2004 World Indoor Bowls Championship pairs title with Ian McClure and after emigrating most of his career has been revolved around indoor bowls. He has taken advantage of the fact that the World Cup Singles are held at his home club which had contributed in a record six title wins in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Athlete's Profiles". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "Donnelly edges out Henry". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  4. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "Henry 2014 Champion". Warilla Bowls. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  8. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013.
  9. ^ "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Past results" (PDF). World Bowls.com.

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