Marc Wyatt (born 15 September 1977) is a Welsh 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

In 2011, he won three gold medals at the

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in Portugal. He competed for Wales in the men's triples at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where he won a bronze medal. He was selected as part of the

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for the

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on the

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where he claimed a

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in the

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with

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. He has also won the 2002 triples title, 2006 fours title and 2017 pairs title at the

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when bowling for Caerphilly Town BC and in 2009 he won the triples and fours bronze medals at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyatt, Marc 1977 births Living people Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Welsh male bowls players Sportspeople from Caerphilly Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls European Champions Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games