Keith Poole (24 April 1927 – 15 September 2012) was an Australian international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

Poole won a silver medal in the fours with

Don Woolnough Donald Adrian Woolnough (1920–2003) was an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships Woolnough won a silver medal in the fours with Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter and Keith Poole, a bronze medal in the pairs wit ...

, Leigh Bishop and

Barry Salter Barry Salter (1936–2007) was an Australian international lawn bowler. He won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop and Keith Poole, and a team bronze medal (Leonard Trophy) at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Champions ...

and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the

1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February to 6 March 1976. Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean swee ...

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. He also won a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

in the team event four years later.

Commonwealth Games

Poole won a silver medal as part of the fours team with Robert King, Errol Bungey and Errol Stewart at the

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. Eight years later he represented Australia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and skipped the four to a gold medal success in the

1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the ...

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. The gold medal winning team was Poole, Rob Dobbins, Bert Sharp and Don Sherman.

Asia Pacific Championships

He won a gold medal at the

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held every t ...

in the 1985 fours at

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Personal life

He was an accountant by trade and was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame. He died in 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poole, Keith Australian male bowls players Australian accountants 1927 births 2012 deaths Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing 20th-century Australian sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls