Ryan Bester
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 1984 Hanover, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hanover LBC / Broadbeach BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ryan George Peter Bester (born 7 December 1984 in Hanover, Canada) is a Canadian lawn bowler.
Bowls career[edit]
World Outdoor Championships[edit]
Bester won the gold medal in the pairs with Keith Roney at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr. After winning a bronze in the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship he finished runner-up to Leif Selby in the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's singles. He won his fifth World Championship medal when winning a silver medal in the singles at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[1]
In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
In 2023, he was selected again by Canada for the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3] He participated in the men's pairs and the men's fours events.[4][5] In the pairs, Bester qualified in first place with John Bezear in his group before being eliminated at the semi final stage, after losing to Ireland.[6] However one week later, in the singles he went on to win the gold medal after beating Gary Kelly in the final.
Commonwealth Games[edit]
He clinched the silver medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in lawn bowling.[7] He also won bronze medal in 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[7]
In November 2017, Bester was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[8][9] During the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland he won a silver medal in the singles.[10] In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11]
Asia Pacific and Atlantic[edit]
Bester has won eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, a singles gold in 2005, a silver in the singles and bronze in the pairs in 2007, double bronze in 2011 and a pairs gold in 2015. His seventh and eighth medals came in with a singles silver and pairs bronze at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[12][13] In 2007 he won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Canada Advances to Quarterfinals in 3 of 4 Disciplines". SIRC. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Canada's Ryan Bester wins silver in lawn bowling at the Commonwealth Games". Canadian Press. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (21 November 2017). "Bowls Canada nominate 10 athletes for Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Strong Canadian presence for the greens of the 2018 Commonwealth Games". Insidethegames.biz. CNW Group Ltd. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Singles results". CG2018.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Shannon McIlroy wins thrilling Asia Pacific bowls championships singles final". Stuff.
- ^ "Bester is the best'". The Times. 23 July 2007. p. 55. Retrieved 22 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
External links[edit]
- Ryan Bester at Bowls Canada
- Ryan Bester at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2002–2014)
- Ryan Bester at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Ryan Bester at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Ryan Bester at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Ryan Bester at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Canadian male bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Canadian people
- 21st-century Canadian people
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games