Kevin Campbell (bowls)

Kevin Arthur Hugh Campbell (born 24 December 1950) is a former South African international lawn bowler.

Kevin Campbell
Personal information
Full nameKevin Arthur Hugh Campbell
Nationality South Africa
Born (1950-12-24) 24 December 1950
Medal record
Representing South Africa South Africa
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Johannesburg triples
Gold medal – first place 1976 Johannesburg fours
Gold medal – first place 1976 Johannesburg team
Silver medal – second place 1992 Worthing triples
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Worthing fours
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Adelaide triples
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester fours

Bowls career

World Championships

Campbell came to prominence in 1976 when he won the triples, fours and team gold medals at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. In the Triples with Nando Gatti and Kelvin Lightfoot they won 14 of their 15 matches.[1] In the fours with Gatti, Lightfoot and Bill Moseley they repeated the feat of winning 14 of the 15 matches played.[1]

The South African team completed a clean sweep of all events at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. The lawn bowlers from South Africa were denied further opportunities to win medals due to the Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.[2]

Sixteen years later he won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing followed by another bronze at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.

Commonwealth Games

He also won a silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[3]

National

Campbell became the youngest ever Springbok international aged 24 and his mother and father both won South African National Bowls Championships.[4][5]

References
  1. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  5. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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