Loren Dion (born 1979) is an 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 ...

from the United States.

Bowls career

Dion came to prominence in 2009, after becoming the first player from the United States to win a medal at the prestigious Hong Kong International Bowls Classic. He then secured a major championships international bronze medal (as part of the triples team that included Steve Nelson and Ian Ho) 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 ...

. The following year, he was selected to represent the United States at the sport's blue riband event, 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 ...

in Adelaide, Australia, where he competed in the triples and fours events. After missing out on selection for the 2016 World Championships, he returned to the US team to represent them at the

2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was to be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There were to be ei ...

but the event was cancelled, following the COVID-19 pandemic. At the

2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship The 2022 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 7–23 January 2022. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour, and will be televised by the BBC and streamed l ...

Dion lost in the singles to Nick Brett, the world number 2 at the time, and then contracted COVID-19 and had to pull out of the pairs event. He represented the US team at the 2023 World Bowls Championship. He will participate in the men's triples and the men's fours events. In the triples, his team reached the quarter final before losing to eventual winners Australia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dion, Loren Living people 1979 births American male bowls players