Iain McLean

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Iain McLean
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1983-10-08) 8 October 1983 (age 41)
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls
ClubBlackwood Victoria BC
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking20 (September 2024) [1]
Medal record
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Christchurch fours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Gold Coast singles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham singles
World Singles Champion of Champions
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 New Zealand singles
Hong Kong International Classic
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024pairs

Iain Donald Smith McLean (born 8 October 1983) is a Scottish international lawn bowler. [2]

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Bowls career

McLean won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, with Alex Marshall, Paul Foster and Ronnie Duncan. [3]

In 2013, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Robert Grant [4] and he also won the gold medal at the 2015 World Cup Singles in Warilla, New South Wales, Australia [5] and in 2014 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating Fairus Jabal of Malaysia in the final.

He won the singles at the Scottish National Bowls Championships in both 2013 and 2015, when bowling for Blackwood Victoria BC.

In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [6] After winning his singles section he went on to win the bronze medal play off defeating Fairul Izwan Abd Muin.

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [7] He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events. [8] [9] In the pairs with Jason Banks, they won their group undefeated but were then knocked out in the quarter finals by Australia and one week later in the singles, he won a bronze medal after reaching the semi final stage, where he lost to Ryan Bester.

In 2024, McLean won his third national singles title, [10] which equalled the all-time record of four other bowlers, Robert Sprot, David Dall, Joseph Black and Darren Burnett. Later that year in November, McLean won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles and pairs events (the latter with Darren Gualtieri). [11]

County, national and world honours

Outdoor representing Blackwood Victoria BC

Indoor representing Blantyre MW

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References

  1. "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. "Iain McLean" (PDF). World Bowls 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. "2015 World Cup Singles Warilla Bowls Club, NSW, Australia, Day 9, Results". World Bowls.
  6. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  10. "Marvellous McLean". Bowls International. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. "Classic singles winners". World Bowls International. Retrieved 15 November 2024.