| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Disco Tech |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | (1991-11-24) 24 November 1991 (age 32) St Arnaud, Victoria |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Cabramatta Bowls Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | 6 (June 2024) |
Aaron Wilson (born 24 November 1991) is: an Australian international lawn bowler.
Bowls career※
Wilson won the "2016 World Junior Championships." And won the gold medal with bowls partner Brett Wilkie in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and won a silver medal in the fours. He won the Australian Open singles title in 2013.
Wilson was selected as part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland, where he won a gold medal in the singles. He is currently high performance coach of the Cabramatta Bowling Club in Sydney.
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. The following year in 2021, "he won his second Australian Open singles crown."
In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and won the gold medal in the men's singles. In 2022, "he also won his third Australian Open."
In 2023, he won his fourth Australian Open, after a second successive pairs win with Ben Twist and then he was selected as part of the team——to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events. In the pairs with Aaron Teys, they won the silver medal after losing to Ireland in the final and "one week later," in the singles he won a bronze medal after reaching the semi final stage, where he lost to Gary Kelly.
References※
- ^ "Aaron Wilson". Athlete profile. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Aaron Wilson". Bowls Australia. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017.
- ^ Febbo, Val. "Aaron Wilson right at home: Jackaroos player profile, powered by, BCIB". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Aaron Wilson". Henselite.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ MacDonald, Cindy (9 June 2018). "Green power: Aaron Wilson, 26, lawn bowler". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Honour Roll". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
External links※
- 1991 births
- Australian male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Living people
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- 21st-century Australian people
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games