Kevin Arthur Hugh Campbell (born 24 December 1950) is a former South African international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

Campbell came to prominence in 1976 when he won the triples, fours and team

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s at the

1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February to 6 March, 1976. Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean sweep ...

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. In the Triples with Nando Gatti and Kelvin Lightfoot they won 14 of their 15 matches. In the fours with Gatti, Lightfoot and

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they repeated the feat of winning 14 of the 15 matches played. The South African team completed a clean sweep of all events at the

. The lawn bowlers from South Africa were denied further opportunities to win medals due to the

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. Sixteen years later he won the

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and fours

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at the

1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1992 Men's Woolwich World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Beach House Park, Worthing, England, from 8 to 23 August 1992. The 1992 Women's Henselite World Championship was held at the Northfield Bowling Complex in Ayr, Scotland ...

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followed by another bronze at the

1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1996 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowls Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 18 to 31 March 1996. The 1996 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa, England ...

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Commonwealth Games

He also won a silver at the

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in Manchester.

National

Campbell became the youngest ever Springbok international aged 24 and his mother and father both won

South African National Bowls Championships The South African National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls South Africa (BSA). The first National Singles Championships were held in 1897 in Kimberley despite the fact that the South African Bowls Association was not formed until 1904 ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Kevin 1950 births Living people South African male bowls players Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games