Chris Blake
{{Short description|Welsh lawn bowler}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Chris Blake
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| nationality = British (Welsh)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|08|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cardiff
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| occupation = Engineer
| yearsactive = 1987-2015
| country = Wales
| sport = Lawn Bowls
| height = 5ft 8"
| weight = 78kg
| club = Cardiff BC, Barry Athletic BC
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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championship}}
{{MedalSilver | 1996 Adelaide | fours }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1995|triples}}
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Chris Blake is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.{{cite web|url=http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2298|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531101629/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2298|archivedate=2016-05-31}}
Bowls career
He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/275.html|title=World Bowls Champions|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}
He won the 1994 triples title and 2001 pairs title at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for Cardiff Bowls Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}} He subsequently became a British champion after winning the 1995 triples title at the British Isles Bowls Championships.{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council|access-date=4 June 2021|archive-date=9 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109233329/https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|url-status=dead}}