Jamie Chestney
{{Short description|English bowls player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kings Lynn, England
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| club = Culm Vale (outdoor)
Exonia BC (indoor)
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{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2014 Glasgow | fours }}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|fours}}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Birmingham|triples}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 2012 Adelaide | pairs }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Yarmouth|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Yarmouth|Mixed pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Yarmouth|pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|English Nationals}}
{{MedalGold|2004|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2009|junior singles}}
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Jamie Chestney (born 15 November 1986) is an English male international lawn and indoor bowler.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/4432|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}
Bowls career
=International achievements=
His first major international medal came in 2011 when he won the singles and triples gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php |archive-date=2011-10-31 |title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021}} The following year he gained a bronze medal at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs competition with Graham Shadwell.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/63050|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}} Two years later he competed for England in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal.{{cite web |title=Jamie Chestney biography |work=Glasgow 2014 |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1024875/jamie_chestney.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220457/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1024875/jamie_chestney.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=usurped |access-date=20 September 2014}}
He finished runner-up in the 2016 International Open and the following year won the Cooperative Funeralcare International Open.
In 2018, he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Mark Dawes{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/bowls/42458595|title=Chestney & Dawes win Pairs Final|publisher=BBC Sport}} and then won the Mixed Pairs title the following day with Lesley Doig.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/42793074|title=Second World Indoor title as Jamie Chestney gains revenge over Darren Burnett|publisher=BBC Sport}}
In 2018 he was also selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/news/team-england-lawn-bowlers-selected-for-gold-coast-2018-commonwealth-games#DLHCSLkooDvDMf2q.97|title=2018 Commonwealth Games team|publisher=Team England}} where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Louis Ridout and Sam Tolchard.{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-men-s-fours.htm|title=Fours results|publisher=CG2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43748412|title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls|publisher=BBC Sport}}
Chestney won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship for the second time with Mark Dawes.{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/dawes-and-chestney-win-send-open-pairs-title/|title=Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title |website=Bowls International | access-date=19 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/other-sport/second-world-pairs-title-mark-dawes-following-closure-blackpool-newton-hall-indoor-bowling-club-3104874|title=Second world pairs title for Mark Dawes following closure of Blackpool Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club |website=Blackpool Gazette | access-date=19 January 2021}}
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/56865|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=2 August 2022}} The team of Chestney, Nick Brett and Louis Ridout won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.{{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=2 August 2022}}
=National achievements=
Chestney is a three times national champion, winning National Championship titles in 2004, 2009 and 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/live-scores-benfinals21/|title=Daily Round Up|publisher=Bowls England|access-date=3 September 2021}} Chestney was aged just 17 when he won the pairs title with Ian Wynter in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/sport-in-brief-s70l5vj9955|title=Sport in Brief|work=The Times|access-date=3 September 2021}}
He was also part of the Kings Bowls Club, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016-2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/mens-top-club/|title=KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN'S TOP CLUB TITLE|website=Bowls England}}
National titles
Personal life
In 2015, he married fellow bowls international Natalie Melmore.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/42310781|title=Commonwealth Games 2018: Natalie and Jamie Chestney - the couple going for gold|publisher=BBC Sport}} In 2020, he joined the Bowls England staff as a its Membership Register Project Officer.
References
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External links
- {{Team England|jamie-chestney}}
- {{CGF profile}}
- {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn_bowls/1024875/jamie_chestney}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6033378-jamie-chestney}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56865}}
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Category:English male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from King's Lynn
Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions
Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century English sportsmen