James Candelet (January 13, 1918 – January 1986) was a United States international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Candelet won two medals at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing; a silver medal in the pairs with Bill Tewksbury and bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy). Twelve years later he won a gold medal in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in

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but fell ill during the competition and was unable to play in the final leaving Skippy Arculli without a partner. He was replaced by the Scottish reserve

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. He won seven United States Championships, four in the singles (1961, 1966, 1971 and 1980) and three in the pairs (1959, 1968 and 1983). He played in the first six World Outdoor Championships winning silver in the 1972 pairs. He took up bowls in 1932. He was president of American Lawn Bowls Association from 1970 to 1972 and his wife Elda was a keen bowls player. He bowled for St. Petersburg and Pawtucket and Providence.

References

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