Mark Wilson (born 1984) is a Northern Irish

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

. He reached a career high ranking of world number 16 in October 2024.

Bowls career

Wilson is a five time National Champion, winning a singles, three pairs and one fours title at the

Irish National Bowls Championships The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally, the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland, but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906, wh ...

. In 2017, he won three medals at the

European Bowls Championships The European Bowls Championship formerly the European Bowls Team Championships is a biennial continental lawn bowls tournament for European nations. From its inauguration in 1997 until September 2021, the tournament was organised by the Europea ...

, he had previously won a bronze in 2013 at the Championships. In 2019, he won the fours bronze medal at the

Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Bowls Championship, World Outdoor Bowls Championships until ...

and in 2020 he was selected for the

2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was to be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There were to be e ...

in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. In 2022, he won a triples gold at the

. In 2023, he won the gold medal in the singles at the

Hong Kong International Bowls Classic The Hong Kong International Bowls Classic is a highly prestigious event in the lawn bowls calendar. It began as a men's pairs competition in 1981, with a men's singles event added in 1983. In 2008, the program was expanded to include singles an ...

. Wilson won gold in the fours and bronze in the triples at the

2024 European Bowls Championships The 2024 European Bowls Championships was the 2024 edition of the European Bowls Championships, held at the Northfield Bowls Club, in Ayr, Scotland, from 3–8 September 2024. The event was organised by Bowls Europe Ltd and teams of five compe ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Mark Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland 1984 births Living people Bowls European Champions 21st-century sportsmen from Northern Ireland