Brett Wilkie is an Australian international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

Bowls career

Wilkie came to prominence after winning the Australian national championship and qualifying for the 2009

World Singles Champion of Champions The World Singles Champion of Champions is an event inaugurated in 2003 that is contested annually between bowlers who have won their respective national singles title. The event was first held in 2003 at the Moama Bowling Club in Moama, Australia. ...

event, where he won the

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defeating

Wayne Hogg Wayne Hogg (born 24 September 1980) is a Scottish international indoor and lawn bowler. Bowls career In 2008 he won the gold medal in the triples at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch along with David Peacock and Willie ...

of Scotland in the final. He was selected to play for Australia during the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

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where he won a triples

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. Wilkie then won the gold medal in the fours with

Aron Sherriff Aron Sherriff (born 29 October 1985) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career World Championship Outdoor Sherriff won the gold medal in the triples with Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie and Wayne Ruediger during the 2012 ...

, Mark Casey and

Wayne Ruediger Wayne Ruediger (born 15 August 1976) is an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career Ruediger won the gold medal in the triples with Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey and Brett Wilkie during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaid ...

during the

2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 November to 9 December 2012. Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North. Leif Se ...

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and a silver medal in the triples. He competed in the men's fours at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where he won a bronze medal. He won two silver medals at the 2011

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ...

in Adelaide. He won a gold medal with bowls pairs partner Aaron Wilson in the

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at the

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and won a silver medal in the fours. He was selected as part of the Australian team for the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

on the

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where he claimed a

in the Fours with

Barrie Lester Barrie Norman Lester (born 1982) is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career World Championship In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Aron Sherriff and Mark Casey who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outd ...

, and

Nathan Rice Nathan Rex Rice (born 7 June 1979) is a male former Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championship Rice won two medals at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand; a pairs bronze medal with ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkie, Brett 1974 births Living people Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Australian male bowls players Bowls World Champions Sportspeople from Ballarat Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Victoria (state)