Carl Healey
{{Short description|Australian lawn bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2023}}
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| nationality = Australian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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| club = Cabramatta BC
| highestranking = 6 (August 2024){{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/male-rankings/ |title=Male rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=28 June 2024}}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2023 Gold Coast | triples}}
{{MedalGold | 2023 Gold Coast | fours}}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Birmingham|triples}}
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Carl Healey (born 29 March 1987) is an Australian international lawn bowler. He has represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal.{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/51198|title=Official Commonwealth Games profile|publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd|access-date=3 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/4857 |title=Carl Healey |publisher=Bowls Tawa |access-date=3 August 2022}} He reached a career high ranking of world number 6 in August 2024.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/male-rankings/ |title=Male rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}
Bowls career
He started bowling in 2000 and won the Australian Open fours in 2008 and pairs in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.bowls.com.au/jackaroos/carl-healey/ |title=Carl Healey Profile |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=3 August 2022}}
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Healey, along with Ben Twist and Barrie Lester won the silver medal in the triples.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62382397 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's men take gold in lawn bowls triples |publisher=BBC |access-date=3 August 2022}} Later in 2022, he won his third Australian Open.{{cite web|url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/2022/06/23/2022-australian-open-day-13-wrap/ |title=2022 Australian Open: day 13 Wrap |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=18 May 2023}}
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}} He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023}} In the triples with Corey Wedlock and Aron Sherriff, he won the gold medal. One week later in the fours partnering Wedlock, Sherriff and Aaron Teys, the team won their group before reaching the final against Scotland, where he won a second gold medal winning 12–10 to complete a very successful championships.
In 2024, Healey won the Australian Open fours title with Peter Taylor, Gary Kelly and Ray Pearse, it was Healey's fourth Australian Open title.{{cite web|url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/2024/06/20/2024-australian-open-day-13-recap/ |title=Day 13 recap |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=28 June 2024}}
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Category:Australian male bowls players
Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from Sydney
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales
Category:Bowls World Champions
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen