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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Hyndland BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 10 (March 2025) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Darren Gualtieri (born 26 March 1990) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler. He reached a career high ranking of world number 10 in March 2025. [2]
Gualtieri reached the semifinal of the SIBA national singles in 2013, losing to eventual champion Thomas Mann of West Lothian IBC. [3] He represented Scotland at under 25 international level both outdoor [4] and indoor. [5]
Gualtieri won a bronze medal in the singles at the 2018 Scottish National Bowls Championships. He lost in the semi final to eventual champion Mark O'Hagan. He then won a gold medal in the singles four years later, at the 2022 National Championships in Ayr, beating former champion Mark Kelsey 21-13 in the final. [6] [7]
Gualtieri was first selected for the Bowls Scotland outdoor international team in 2023, [8] [9] the same year that he was selected for the SIBA Scotland indoor international team. [10]
In 2023, he won a silver medal in the World Singles Champion of Champions [11] at Club Robina in the Gold Coast of Australia. Gualtieri lost to Daniel Salmon of Wales 0-8, 2-3 in the final. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
In 2024, alongside brother Ryan Gualtieri, he won a silver medal at the British Isles Bowls Championships in the pairs, losing 14-15 in the final to England's Nick Wardle & Joe Dawson at Leamington Spa. [17] Shortly afterwards, he was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2024 European Bowls Championships. [18] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. In the triples, Gualtieri alongside Blair Davidson and Dean Riva won a silver medal after losing to England 10-17 in the final. [19] [20] [21] In the fours, Gualtieri alongside Blair Davidson, Darren Weir and Dean Riva won a silver medal after losing to Ireland 12-13 in the final. Scotland secured the overall team event gold. [22] [23]
In November 2024 Gualtieri represented Scotland at the prestigious Hong Kong International Bowls Classic, winning the pairs with Iain McLean after beating England 13-6, 9-7 in the final. Gualtieri also competed in the singles event reaching the last 16. [24] [25] [26]
In December 2024, Gualtieri reached a career high world ranking of 11. [27] [28]
