Carl Healey (born 29 March 1987) is an Australian international lawn bowler. He has represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal. He reached a career high ranking of world number 6 in August 2024.

Bowls career

He started bowling in 2000 and won the

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fours in 2008 and pairs in 2018. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the

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. Healey, along with Ben Twist and Barrie Lester won the silver medal in the triples. Later in 2022, he won his third Australian Open. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Australia at the

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. He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. In the triples with

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and

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, he won the gold medal. One week later in the fours partnering Wedlock, Sherriff and Aaron Teys, the team won their group before reaching the final against Scotland, where he won a second gold medal winning 12–10 to complete a very successful championships. In 2024, Healey won the Australian Open fours title with Peter Taylor, Gary Kelly and Ray Pearse, it was Healey's fourth Australian Open title.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Healey, Carl Australian male bowls players 1987 births Living people Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales Bowls World Champions 21st-century Australian sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games bowls players for Australia