Derek Oliver

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Derek Oliver
Personal information
NicknameDel Boy
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1984-04-23) 23 April 1984 (age 40)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubEast Lothian IBC
Cockenzie & Port Seton BC
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking46 (September 2024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Gold Coast triples
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Gold Coast fours
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast triples
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Cardifffours
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Cardifftriples
World Singles Champion of Champions
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 SydneySingles
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Portugal mixed
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Portugalteam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Spainpairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Spain mixed
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Spain team

Derek Oliver (born 1984), is a Scottish lawn and Indoor bowler. [1]

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Profile

He lives in Cockenzie and plays for the East Lothian Indoor Bowls Club and the Cockenzie & Port Seton Bowls Club. [1]

Bowls career

In 2011, he won two medals at the European Bowls Championships in Portugal and three medals at the 2013 Championships in Spain. [2] and the Scottish National Indoor Pairs. [3] [4]

In 2016, he won the Scottish National Bowls Championships. [5]

In 2018, he was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland [1] where he claimed two gold medals in the Triples with Darren Burnett and Ronnie Duncan [6] and the Fours with Alex Marshall, Duncan and Paul Foster. [7] [8]

In 2019, he won the fours gold medal and triples silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships [9] and in 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10]

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [11] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. [12] [13] In the triples, with Paul Foster and Alex Marshall he won the silver medal. One week later in the fours partnering Foster, Marshall and Jason Banks, the team won their group before reaching the final against Australia, where he won a second silver medal after losing 12–10.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
  2. ↑ "2013 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Derek Oliver profile". Henselite.
  4. ↑ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Derek Oliver wins Singles crown in East Lothian hat-trick". Edinburgh News.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
  7. ↑ "Fours results". CG2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
  11. ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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