Jim Baker (bowls)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) |
| Born | 18 February 1958 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Sport | |
| Club | Cliftonville BC |
Medal record | |
Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
Baker was born in Belfast on 18 February 1958. After finishing runner-up in the 1982 World Indoor Bowls Championship he went one better in 1984 clinching the World Indoor title.[2]
Baker was part of the Gold Medal-winning triples for the combined Irish team in the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and Gold Medal-winning fours in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]
In the 2004 World Championships he won a third gold medal for the combined Irish team, in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Neil Booth[4] and a silver medal with Noel Graham in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5]
In addition Baker has won two Commonwealth Games medals.[6][7]
At national level he also won the 1989 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[8]
References
- ^ "profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls the Records. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Ulster Sports Museum". Ulster Sports Museum.
- ^ ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times.
- ^ "Irish pair lose final". BBC Sport. 30 July 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games call up for Ballyclare teacher". Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.