Daniel Salmon (bowls) explained

Daniel Salmon
Nationality:British (Welsh)
Birth Date:1994 7, df=yes
Country:Wales
Sport:Lawn & indoor bowls
Club:Cardiff IBC / Penylan
Highestranking:8 (August 2024)[1]

Daniel Salmon (born 21 July 1994) is a Welsh international lawn and Indoor bowler.

Bowls career

He made his first indoor international appearance aged just 15 in 2010 becoming the youngest person to represent Wales indoors.[2]

In 2017 he reached the final of the open pairs during the 2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship with his playing partner Damian Doubler[3] and won the 2017 World Youth Championships at Broadbeach Bowls Club on Australia’s Gold Coast.[4] [5]

He was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[6] where he claimed a gold medal in the Pairs with Marc Wyatt.[7]

In 2019, he won the singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[8] and 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.[9] In 2021, he won the men's triples title at the 2021 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[10]

In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11] Salmon won his second consecutive Commonwealth pairs gold medal, but this time partnering Jarrad Breen.[12] Shortly after the Games he went on to claim two national titles by winning both the singles and fours at the Welsh National Championships, bowling for Penylan.[13]

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[14] He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events.[15] [16] In the pairs with Jarrad Breen, they reached the quarter finals before losing to Malaysia.

Shortly after the World Championships and still on the Gold Coast, Salmon won the World Singles Champion of Champions title to become the first Welsh men's winner of the event. He defeated Scot Darren Gualtieri in the final, 8–0, 3–2.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Male rankings . World Bowls Series . 28 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Bowls: Young star Dan Salmon has week to remember . Wales Online.
  3. Web site: Bowls: Welshmen Salmon, Doubler and Greenslade in pairs final . BBC Sport.
  4. Web site: Congratulations to Golden Boy Dan Salmon . Welsh Bowls Association.
  5. Web site: World Youth Championships Broadbeach . World Bowls.
  6. Web site: 2018 Commonwealth Games team . Team Wales . 26 January 2018 . 7 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180307011951/http://teamwales.cymru/en/news-blog/news/selection-update-93-more-athletes-selected-for-gold-coast-across-11-sports/ . dead .
  7. Web site: Commonwealth Games: Wales win bowls men's pairs to deny Scotland's Alex Marshall . BBC Sport.
  8. Web site: 2019 Atlantic Championships . World Bowls . 15 May 2021.
  9. Web site: Latest News . Welsh Bowls.
  10. Web site: 2021 National Finals . Welsh Bowls . 19 September 2021 . 18 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210918105525/https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/competitions/men-competitions/national-championships-2021 . dead .
  11. Web site: Official Games profile . 2022 Commonwealth Games . 2 August 2022.
  12. Web site: Wales beat England to win gold . BBC . 2 August 2022.
  13. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Welsh Bowls . 19 September 2022.
  14. Web site: COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 . Bowls International . 5 June 2023 . 2 September 2023.
  15. Web site: Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia . World Bowls . 2 September 2023 . 19 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ . dead .
  16. Web site: SCHEDULE & DRAWS . Bowls Australia . 2 September 2023.
  17. Web site: Results . World Bowls Match Center . 14 September 2023.