Wales At The 2010 Commonwealth Games
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Almost 175 athletes across 15 different sports competed for Wales at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in
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, India, between 3 October and 14 October 2010. In order to send a team to 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 ...
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needed to raise £500,000. For this the
Commonwealth Games Council for Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and t ...
established a scheme called the Friends of Commonwealth Games in Wales, in which individuals and small businesses could contribute a minimum of £1000 in the four years leading up to the Commonwealth Games. The
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toured Wales, beginning in
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on 9 November 2009, and going on to mid and
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on 10 November and to
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on 11 November. The chef de mission for the Welsh team was Chris Jenkins whilst the overall team captain was weightlifter Michaela Breeze. Of the original selections only cyclist
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(health issues) and decathlete David Guest (injury) did not travel to
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and
Becky James Rebecca Angharad James (born 29 November 1991) is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling. James was the 2013 world sprint and keirin champion. She is a 2016 Rio Olympics double silver medalist. James rode for ...
were the only team members to win more than one medal. Each won a silver and a bronze. In his seventh Commonwealth Games appearance
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player Rob Weale won his second gold medal, his first having been 24 years earlier in
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. The medals won in Delhi raised Wales' all-time medal tally at the
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to 235 (52 gold, 76 silver, 107 bronze).


Medalists


Team Wales at the 2010 Commonwealth Games


Aquatics

;Aquatics Medal Tally


Swimming

Team Wales consists of 16 swimmers.


Men

;Men – EAD (Para-Sports) ;Women ;Women – EAD (Para-Sports)


Archery

Team Wales consists of 6 archers. Best performance – Quarter-finals
Tapani Kalmaru (Men's Compound Individual)
Janette Howells (Women's Compound Individual)
Women's Team Compound ;Men ;Women


Athletics

;Athletics Medal Tally Team Wales consists of 21 athletes. ;Men – Track ;Men – Throws ;Men – Jumps ;Men – Combined ;Men – Road ;Men – EAD (Para-Sports) ;Women – Track ;Women – Throws ;Women – Jumps ;Women – Combined ;Women – Road ;Women – EAD (Para-Sports)


Badminton

Team Wales consists of 7 badminton players. Team Wales:
Men: Matthew Hughes, Jonathan Morgan, James Phillips, James Van Hooijdonck
Women:
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, Sarah Thomas,
Carissa Turner Carissa Turner (born 6 August 1989) is a Welsh badminton and Australian rules football player. In her badminton career she achieved 42 Welsh Caps, 13 Welsh National Badminton Championship titles, 3 International Titles and represented Wales ...
;Men ;Women ;Mixed ;Team Event


Boxing

Team Wales consists of 9 boxers. ;Men


Cycling

Team Wales consists of 17 cyclists. Team Wales:
Men: Yanto Barker, Paul Esposti,
Jon Mould Jonathan "Jon" Mould (born 4 April 1991) is a Welsh racing cyclist from Newport, Wales, Newport. Mould is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy Programme which he joined in 2010. Mould started bike racing at the age of 14 with Newport V ...
, Lewis Oliva,
Rob Partridge Robert Lloyd "Rob" Partridge (born 11 September 1985) is a Welsh former professional cyclist from Wrexham, Wales. He represented Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Inspired after watching the Tour de France on television, he joined the Wrexham ...
, Sam Harrison,
Luke Rowe Luke Rowe (born 10 March 1990) is a Welsh racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Biography Born in Cardiff, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member of ...
,
Geraint Thomas Geraint Howell Thomas, (; born 25 May 1986) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam , Wales and Great Britain. He is one of the few riders in the modern era to achieve significant elite success as both a tra ...
, Rhys Lloyd
Women:
Jessica Allen Jessica Allen (born 21 August 1989) is a Welsh racing cyclist. She was born in Brecon After being spotted by the Welsh Talent Team, she was selected for the Olympic Development Programme in 2006. She was British Junior Time Trial Champion in 2 ...
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Angharad Mason Angharad Mason (born 14 May 1979) is a Welsh racing cyclist, sports injury specialist, chartered physiotherapist and acupuncturist from Bridgend, Wales. Mason represented Wales in the women's road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. ...
, Kara Chesworth, Lily Matthews,
Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in an ...
,
Alex Greenfield Alexandra Greenfield (born 1990) is a Welsh former road and track cyclist from Barry. She began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax CC. Greenfield holds the record for the 5 km ...
, Hannah Rich,
Becky James Rebecca Angharad James (born 29 November 1991) is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling. James was the 2013 world sprint and keirin champion. She is a 2016 Rio Olympics double silver medalist. James rode for ...


Road

;Men ;Women


Track

;Men ;Women


Gymnastics

Team Wales consists of 6 gymnasts


Artistic

;Men Alex Rothe, Grant Gardiner, Matthew Hennessey, Robert Hunter, Clinton Purnell ;Women


Rhythmic

;Women Francesca Jones


Hockey

Team Wales consists of 16 hockey players. ;Summary ;Men Wales' Men did not qualify for the 2010 Commonwealth Games ;Women Sarah Thomas
Alys Brooks
Natalie Blyth
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Katrin Budd
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Louise Pugh-Bevan
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Claire Lowry
Elen Mumford
Ella Rafferty
Maggs Rees
Abigail Welsford
Leah Wilkinson Leah Julia Wilkinson (born 3 December 1986) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a defender for Wales and Great Britain. She was born in Burton-on-Trent, England, and plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League P ...

Emma Keen ;Pool B ---- ---- ----


Lawn Bowls

Team Wales consists of 12 lawn bowls players over 6 events ;Men Robert Weale
Jason Greenslade Jason John Greenslade (born 6 March 1970) is a Welsh international indoor and lawn bowler. After moving to Guernsey in 2022 he later represented them in competition. Bowls career Outdoors Greenslade took up bowling at the age of eight after his ...

Martin Selway Martin Selway (born 1966) is a Welsh international lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed for Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2007 he won the pairs gold medal and fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Cham ...

Chris Blake
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Marc Wyatt
;Women Carol Difford
Anwen Button
Hannah Smith
Kathy Pearce
Isabel Jones
Wendy Price


Rugby Sevens

;Summary ;Men ;Group B ---- ---- ----


Shooting

Team Wales consists of 19. ;Men Malcolm Allen, Rhys Price, Mike Wixey, Scott Morgan, David Phelps, Jamie Dummer,
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, Alan Green, Robert Oxford,
Gareth Morris Gareth Charles Walter Morris (13 May 192014 February 2007) was a British flautist. He was the principal flautist of a number of London orchestras including the Boyd Neel Orchestra before joining the Philharmonia Orchestra. He was the princip ...
;Women Johanne Brekke, Jennifer Corish, Sian Corish, Helen Warnes,
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, Jacquelyn Lewis, Rachel Gravell,
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Clay Target

;Men ;Women


Pistol

;Men ;Women


Small Bore and Air Rifle

;Men ;Women


Full Bore

;Open


Table Tennis

Team Wales consists of 8 table tennis. ;Men Ryan Jenkins
Stephen Jenkins
Adam Robertson
Patrick Thomas ;Women Charlotte Carey
Naomi Owen
Angharad Phillips
Megan Phillips ;Women – EAD (Para-Sports) ;Mixed


Tennis

Team Wales consists of 2 players in 1 event. ;Men's Singles


Weightlifting

Team Wales consists of 6 weightlifters. ;Men ;Men – EAD (Powerlifting) ;Women ;Women – EAD (Powerlifting)


Wrestling

Team Wales consists of 7 wrestlers. Men: Brett Hawthorn, Damion Arzu, Kiran Manu, Craig Pilling
Women: Non Evans,
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, Kate Rennie ;Men – Freestyle ;Men – Greco-Roman ;Women


See also

*
Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The squad to represent Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was announced by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales (CGCW) on 22 February 2006. It consisted of 143 athletes (63 Women and 80 men) competing across 14 sports; 85 fewer than the squad ...


References

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