Andrew Knapper
{{Short description|English lawn bowler (born 1981)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 2014 Glasgow|Men's fours}}
{{MedalBronze | 2014 Glasgow|Men's pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Christchurch | triples }}
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Andrew Knapper (born 2 September 1981) is an English international lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=https://12242-console.memberconnex.com//Englandchange.pdf|title=England team profiles|publisher=2016 World Bowls|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510103521/https://12242-console.memberconnex.com//Englandchange.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
Bowls career
He competed for England in both the men's fours and the men's pairs events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver and bronze medal respectively.{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1024885/andrew_knapper.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915004220/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1024885/andrew_knapper.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 September 2014 |accessdate=14 September 2014}} In 2015 he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2015-atlantic-championship/|title=2015 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=15 May 2021}}
In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Robert Paxton and Jamie Walker who won the gold medal at 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/38194221|title=World Bowls Championships: England win men's triples title|publisher=BBC Sport}}
He won the National Championship triples in 2013 and 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England}}{{cite web|url=https://bowlsengland.247.tv/images/National_Triples_final.pdf|title=triples results|publisher=Bowls England}}
In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/selection-2020-world-bowls-championships/|title=SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=Bowls England}}
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Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:English male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Bowls World Champions