Derek Oliver (born 1984), is a Scottish lawn and Indoor bowler.

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He lives in

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and plays for the East Lothian Indoor Bowls Club and the Cockenzie & Port Seton Bowls Club.

Bowls career

In 2011, he won two medals at the

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in Portugal and three medals at the 2013 Championships in Spain. and the Scottish National Indoor Pairs. In 2016, he won the

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. In 2018, he was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018

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on the

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where he claimed two gold medals in the Triples with

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and

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and the Fours with Alex Marshall, Duncan and Paul Foster. In 2019, he won the fours gold medal and triples silver medal at the

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and in 2020, he was selected for the

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in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the

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. He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. In the triples, with Paul Foster and Alex Marshall he won the silver medal. One week later in the fours partnering Foster, Marshall and Jason Banks, the team won their group before reaching the final against Australia, where he won a second silver medal after losing 12–10.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Derek 1984 births Living people Scottish male bowls players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bowls European Champions Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games