Bill Boettger

{{Short description|Canadian lawn bowls player}}

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{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 1992 Worthing | pairs }}

{{MedalSilver | 1992 Worthing | fours }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1986 Edinburgh| pairs

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{{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }}

{{MedalSilver|1989 Suva|triples}}

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{{MedalGold|1991 Kowloon|pairs}}

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Bill Boettger (born 1941) is a Canadian former international lawn and indoor bowler.{{cite web|url=http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2302|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa|access-date=2017-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531110757/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2302|archive-date=2016-05-31|url-status=dead}}

Biography

Boettger was a schoolteacher by trade and also commentated for Canadian television during televised events.{{cite book|last=Warters|first=Bob|title=Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir|year=1984|publisher=Key Publishing Ltd}}

He won a bronze medal in the pairs with Ronnie Jones and a silver medal in the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1991|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}

He also won a silver medal with Jones in the pairs at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GBR Athletics}}

He won five medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including three gold medals.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASIA-PACIFIC-RECORD.pdf|title=Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners|website=World Bowls|access-date=31 May 2021}}

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