Richard Corsie

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Richard Corsie
MBE
Personal information
Born (1966-11-27) 27 November 1966 (age 57)
Scotland
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Worthing Pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Adelaide Pairs
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Preston Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Preston Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Preston Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Preston Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Preston Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Preston Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Preston Pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Yarmouth Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Yarmouth Singles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Auckland Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria Singles

Richard Corsie MBE (born 27 November 1966) is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player, he is considered to be among the best bowls players of all time. [1]

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Early life

Corsie was born on 27 November 1966 and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1]

Bowls career

Corsie won the World Indoor Bowls Championships singles title three times during his career [2] and also won the pairs title twice with Alex Marshall and Graham Robertson respectively.

He competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the singles event and became the youngest Commonwealth Games medallist in bowling. [3]

He won the pairs title at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Marshall and two years later won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the singles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games beating his long-time nemesis and friend Tony Allcock in the final. [4]

In 1987, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning the pairs titles in 1988. [5] [6]

He was the Chairman of the Professional Bowls Association when the World Bowls Tour was formed on 1 January 1997. [7]

Awards

Corsie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours for services to bowls. [8]

He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in March 2010. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "BBC - A Sporting Nation - Richard Corsie". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Scottish Indoor Bowls Organisation – FACTS
  3. ↑ "Times are changing for Corsie, the bowling postman". The Daily Telegraph. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  4. ↑ BBC – A Sporting Nation
  5. ↑ "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jones, David Rhys. "New body defended by Corsie." Times, 1 Jan. 1997, p. 29". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ↑ UK list: "No. 55354". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 1998. p. 15.
  9. ↑ "Six sporting legends honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame". Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. 16 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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