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| Born | 4 September 1952 Sale, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1980–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life partner | Sandy Bolton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ian David "Shooey" Schuback OAM (born 4 September 1952) is an Australian former lawn and indoor bowler, and the only player from outside the United Kingdom to ever win the World Indoor Bowls Championship.
Schuback bowled for the Coolangatta club in Queensland and was also a former professional tennis coach. [1]
He started bowling in 1980 after watching the Melbourne World Outdoor Championships. Schuback claimed a Men's Singles silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games [2] and then won the 1988 World Indoor Bowls Championship and the 1990 Commonwealth Games Pairs titles.
He won the 1992 World Indoor Bowls Championships Singles, the 1994 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs and the 1996 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs.
He won two silver medals at the 1991 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, in Kowloon, Hong Kong. [3]
In the 2009 Australia Day Honours he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to lawn bowls as a coach, competitor and commentator". [4] He was also awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 23 August 2000. [5]
Marilyn Gay Peddell is an international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for Australia, from Bribie Island.
Stephen John Glasson OAM is an Australian bowls player. He was number one in the world in 2004 and was ranked first in Australia between 1997 and 2005. He is currently the Australian national bowls coach.
Robert Arthur Weale, is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player. Weale is originally from Presteigne and was educated at John Beddoes School, but now lives in Hereford. In 2022, he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of fame.
Joanna Edwards is a New Zealand international lawn bowls competitor. She has won two world titles and three Commonwealth Games gold medals.
Kelvin Kerkow is an Australian lawn bowls and indoor bowls player and author.
Rowan James Brassey is a former New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player.
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Aron Sherriff is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler.
Kelsey May Cottrell is an Australian international lawn bowler.
Ian Antony Dickison is a New Zealand former lawn and indoor bowler.
Jeremy Norman Henry is a former Irish and current Australian lawn and indoor bowler born in Northern Ireland.
Jim Yates is a former Australian lawn and indoor bowler and coach, born in Corowa, New South Wales on 11 October 1934.
Cameron Curtis is an Australian lawn & indoor bowler and coach.
Robert Parrella is an Italian born, Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.
Gary Kelly is an Australian based Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler.
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Gary Samuel McCloy is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Margaret Sumner was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.
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