Jean Baker (bowls)
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | English |
| Born | 31 March 1958 Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire |
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Jean Baker (born 1958, in Huthwaite) is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]World Championships
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Jean Baker profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
External links
[edit]- Jean Baker at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1994–2006)
- Jean Baker at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Living people
- 1958 births
- English female bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- People from Huthwaite
- Sportspeople from Nottinghamshire
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen