Gerald Baker (bowls)
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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1960[1] Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Bryanston Sports Bowls Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerald Salem Baker (born 7 October 1960), known as Gerry Baker, is a lawn bowler.
Bowls career
[edit]Baker is from Bloemfontein, in South Africa and has won three medals at the World Outdoor Championships and three medals at the Commonwealth Games.[2] He broke a South African record by appearing at six Commonwealth Games.[3]
In 1996, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Neil Burkett.[4] In 1998 he won a bronze medal in the singles at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games and two years later he teamed up with Shaun Addinall to claim a Pairs silver medal in the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. Another bronze arrived in 2002 with Addinall in the Pairs during the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games before he and Addinall finally won a Gold Medal in the Pairs at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.[5]
In 2007 he won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[6][7] In 2009 he won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Championships[8][9] and two years later won the pairs gold medal at the 2011 Atlantic Championships.[10]
His most recent success came in the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship when he picked up a fifth medal of note by claiming bronze in the Singles in Adelaide.
He was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland (his sixth Games).[11]
At national level he has finished runner-up three times at the South African National Bowls Championships bowling for the Belgravia Bowls Club.[12] He finally won a national title, when winning the pairs with Bradley Robinson in May 2023.[13]
Business career
[edit]Baker was appointed as a Director of World Bowls on 1 June 2020.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "World Bowls Players Profiles" (PDF). Bowls South Africa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Gerry Baker Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "SA bowler Baker beckons Cyclone Iris into Gold Coast". Times Live.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Bowls silver for Mervyn King". BBC Sport. 12 October 2010.
- ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Team South Africa for Commonwealth Games announced". The South African.
- ^ "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Baker, Robinson storm back to win SA pairs title". The South African. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Board Structure". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Gerald Baker at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2014)
- Gerald Salem Baker at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Gerry Baker at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Gerald Baker at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1960 births
- Living people
- South African male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- 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
- Sportspeople from Bloemfontein
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games