Barrie Lester
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| Full name | Barrie Norman Lester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1982 Bendigo, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burleigh Heads Bowling Club, QLD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 26 (June 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barrie Norman Lester (born 24 January 1982) is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit | edit source]World Championship
[edit | edit source]In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Aron Sherriff and Mark Casey who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch and won another silver medal in the fours.[2]
In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[3]
Commonwealth Games
[edit | edit source]Lester won a bronze medal in the pairs with Nathan Rice at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[4]
Further success came as part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he won two silver medals in the Triples and the Fours.[5][6][7]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[8] Lester, along with Carl Healey and Ben Twist won the silver medal.[9]
Asia Pacific
[edit | edit source]Lester won double gold at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[10][11]
Other
[edit | edit source]In 2012, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title.[12] At national level he has won one Australian National Bowls Championships title and two Australian Opens.[13]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Barrie Lester at Commonwealth Games AustraliaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Barrie Lester at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Barrie Lester at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Barry Lester at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- 1982 births
- Australian male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Living people
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- Sportspeople from Bendigo
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games bowls players for Australia