Ben Twist (born 1 June 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

He started bowling in 2003 and his first success was the Queensland state triples in 2007. He won the Australian Open triples in 2010 and made his international debut in 2018. Twist became the Australian national champion after winning the 2019

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triples title. In 2018, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, having previously won the pairs with Jesse Noronha in 2017. In 2021, he won his second

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crown, this time in the fours. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the

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. Twist, along with

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and

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won the silver medal. Later in 2022, he won a third Australian Open. In 2023, he won his fourth Australian Open, after a second successive pairs win with Aaron Wilson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Twist, Ben Australian male bowls players 1990 births Living people Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people)