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Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
Born | 1 June 1990 | |||||||||||
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Club | St Johns Park BC | |||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | 14 (September 2024) [1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Ben Twist (born 1 June 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler. [2] He reached a career high ranking of world number 14 in September 2024. [3]
He started bowling in 2003 and his first success was the Queensland state triples in 2007. He won the Australian Open triples in 2010 and made his international debut in 2018. [4]
Twist became the Australian national champion after winning the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships triples title. [5]
In 2018, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, having previously won the pairs with Jesse Noronha in 2017. [6] In 2021, he won his second Australian Open crown, this time in the fours. [7]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [8] Twist, along with Carl Healey and Barrie Lester won the silver medal. [9] Later in 2022, he won a third Australian Open.
In 2023, he won his fourth Australian Open, after a second successive pairs win with Aaron Wilson. [10] Later in October, Twist won the Australian Nationals fours title with Craig Donaldson, Mathew Pietersen and David Ferguson. [11]