Grant Knox

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Grant Knox
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born(1960-06-08)8 June 1960
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubArmadale BC (outdoor)
West Lothian (indoor)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Auckland team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh pairs

Grant Knox (born 8 June 1960) is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler who competed at the Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal. [1]

Biography

Knox took up bowling at the age of 14 because of his father Joe and together they won the Armadel pairs and the 1981 and 1985 Aberdeen Championships. [2]

Knox was selected to rpresent the Scottish team at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. A joiner by profession at the time of the Games [2] he participated in the pairs event and won a gold medal in the pairs with George Adrain at the [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "For Gold" . West Lothian Courier. 25 July 1986. p. 31. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. ↑ Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
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