Jonathan Tomlinson
{{Short description|Welsh lawn bowler}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's lawn bowls}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2014 Glasgow|triples}}
{{MedalBronze | 2022 Birmingham|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Paphos|singles}}
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Jonathan Tomlinson (born 1 July 1982) is a Welsh international lawn bowler.{{cite news |title=Jack the lads in bowls shame |work=Wales Online |date=23 March 2008 |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jack-lads-bowls-shame-2191411}}
Bowls career
In 2011 he won the singles silver medal 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|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-10-31|title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021}}
He competed for Wales in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034141/jonathan_tomlinson.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025145204/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034141/jonathan_tomlinson.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 October 2014 |accessdate=25 October 2014}}{{cite news |title=Lawn bowls trio delighted with bronze for Team Wales |work=South Wales Argus |date=28 July 2014 |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/11370584.Lawn_bowls_trio_delighted_with_bronze_for_Team_Wales/?ref=la}} Four years later he was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland{{cite web|url=http://teamwales.cymru/en/news-blog/news/selection-update-93-more-athletes-selected-for-gold-coast-across-11-sports/|title=2018 Commonwealth Games team|publisher=Team Wales|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307011951/http://teamwales.cymru/en/news-blog/news/selection-update-93-more-athletes-selected-for-gold-coast-across-11-sports/|url-status=dead}}
He was the Welsh National singles champion in 2015 and pairs winner in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}}
In 2019 he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2019-atlantic-championships/|title=2019 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=15 May 2021}} and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/about/latest-news|title=Latest News|publisher=Welsh Bowls}} In 2022, he competed in the men's triples, where he won a bronze medal and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/59797|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=2 August 2022}}
Family
His father John was the 1995 Welsh champion and his brother Ross is an international bowler and the 2010 Welsh champion.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/bowls/2394039/Bowls-Tomlinson-keeps-young-guns-on-target.html|title=Bowls: Tomlinson keeps young guns on target|date=9 January 2003 |publisher=Daily Telegraph}}
References
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External links
- {{Team Wales|jonathan-tomlinson}}
- {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn_bowls/1034141/j_tomlinson}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6028249-jonathan-tomlinson}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|59797}}
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Category:Welsh male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
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:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games