Nick Brett (born 14 May 1974) is an English lawn and indoor bowler. He reached a career high ranking of world number 19 in August 2024.

Bowls career

Brett bowls for the Huntingdon indoor bowls club and Brampton outdoor bowls club. He was ranked the indoor world number 1 in 2015 and 2016. and also won an outdoors National Title in 1999 and subsequent singles at the

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in 2000. Brett's greatest achievement before 2016 was winning the 2014 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs title partnering

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. It was during the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship that Brett became the World Singles Champion for the first time beating

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in a competitive final. Brett followed up his 2016 success by winning the mixed pairs title at the

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with Claire Johnston of Scotland. He then joined an exclusive group of players who have won five or more world indoor titles after winning both the open pairs and mixed pairs at the

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and he narrowly failed to become the first player to win the treble after losing to Paxton in the open singles final. Other major indoor wins include the 2015 International Open and the 2013 and 2014 Scottish International Open. In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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. World ranked number one indoors he was unable to participate in the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship because he broke his arm following an accident playing golf. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the

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. The team of Brett,

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and

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won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal. The success during 2022 continued when he secured a second national title, winning the 2022 pairs with Lewis Baker. At the 2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship, Brett won the Open Pairs with Greg Harlow again, defeating

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and

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in the final. It was Brett's sixth title over all disciplines. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England at the

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

, he won a bronze medal. Brett started 2024 in good form winning the 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship mixed pairs with

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, as the pair bowled together for the first time in the Championships.

Personal life

Brett is a supervisor by trade and is married with two children. Due to injury in 2021 he was unable to compete in the World Indoor Championships and consequently joined the commentary team for the event.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brett, Nick 1974 births Living people English male bowls players Indoor Bowls World Champions Bowls European Champions Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games English sports broadcasters Sports commentators Sportspeople from Peterborough 21st-century English sportsmen Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls