Gidion Vermeulen is a South African 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

He won a gold medal in the Men's triples at 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 ...

with Johann Pierre du Plessis and Wayne Perry. He finished runner-up in the 2010 pairs at the

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

bowling for the Westville Bowls Club. In 2011 he won the triples bronze medal at the

Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it woul ...

. The following year he won a silver medal in the fours at 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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Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games South African male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls 1970 births Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub