Jean Baker (bowls)

Jean Baker (born 1958, in Huthwaite) is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Jean Baker
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1958-03-31) 31 March 1958
Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Worthing Women's fours
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Adelaide Women's fours
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Johannesburg Women's pairs
Gold medal – first place 2004 Leamington Spa Women's fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1998 Kuala LumpurWomen's singles
Bronze medal – third place2006 MelbourneWomen's triples
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 Ayrtriples
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place2007triples
Gold medal – first place2007fours

Bowls career

World Championships

Baker won bronze medals at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Amy Monkhouse and Ellen Falkner at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[2]

Commonwealth Games

Baker represented England in the fours event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[3][4] She won bronze medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games, in addition to competing in the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[5]

Other

In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[6][7]

Baker has won five English national titles at the English National Bowls Championships; the 1989 singles, 1997 fours, 2006 triples & fours and the 2009 pairs.[8] She subsequently won the 2007 triples and fours at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[9]

References
  1. "Jean Baker profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times.
  3. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  8. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  9. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
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