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Jim Baker (bowls)

Northern Irish former bowler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

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Bowls career

Baker was born in Belfast on 18 February 1958. After finishing runner-up in the 1982 World Indoor Bowls Championship he went one better in 1984 clinching the World Indoor title.[2]

Baker was part of the Gold Medal-winning triples for the combined Irish team in the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and Gold Medal-winning fours in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

In the 2004 World Championships he won a third gold medal for the combined Irish team, in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Neil Booth[4] and a silver medal with Noel Graham in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5]

In addition Baker has won two Commonwealth Games medals.[6][7]

At national level he also won the 1989 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[8]

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