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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1990 Taunton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kings (Torquay) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 17 (August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Louis Ridout (born 24 January 1990 in Taunton) is an English international indoor and outdoor bowls player.
In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. [1]
In 2016 he won the National title in the Pairs with Sam Tolchard. [2] The bowler who represents Devon [3] represented England during the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
He was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland [4] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Jamie Chestney and Sam Tolchard. [5] [6]
He was crowned National singles champion in August 2018 after defeating Andrew Squire 21–16 in the final. [7] He subsequently became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships the following year. [8] He bowls for Kings BC, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016 to 2019. [9]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [10] The team of Ridout, Nick Brett and Jamie Chestney won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal. [11]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [12] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. [13] [14] In the triples with Nick Brett and Jamie Walker, he won the bronze medal.
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