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Dave Brown (bowls)

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Dave Brown
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born(1939-01-23)23 January 1939
Coventry, England
Died26 May 2007(2007-05-26) (aged 68)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1992 Worthing fours
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Kowloon triples
Gold medal – first place 1991 Kowloon fours

David Gordon Brown (born 1939) was a Canadian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Brown was born in Coventry, England and emigrated to Canada before winning a bronze medal in the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2][3]

He also won a silver medal in the fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4]

He won two medals at the 1991 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including a gold in the fours with Ronnie Jones, Dave Houtby and Bill Boettger, in Kowloon, Hong Kong.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. ^ "David Gordon Brown, January 23, 1939 - May 26, 2007". Juan De Fuca Lawn Bowling Club.
  4. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  5. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.