Louis Ridout
{{Short description|English bowls player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Taunton, England
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| sport = Bowls
| club = Kings (Torquay)
| highestranking = 17 (August 2024)
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{{MedalSport | Men's lawn bowls }}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 2023 Gold Coast | triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|fours}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|triples}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Paphos|pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2019|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2017|pairs}}
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Louis Ridout (born 24 January 1990) is an English international indoor and outdoor bowls player. He reached a career high ranking of world number 17 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
In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2015-atlantic-championship/ |title=2015 Atlantic Championships |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=15 May 2021}}
In 2016 he won the National title in the Pairs with Sam Tolchard.{{cite web |url=http://www.bowlsinternational.com/view_article.asp?ID=10160 |title=News: Tolchard takes double titles |publisher=Bowls International}} The bowler who represents Devon{{cite web |url=http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/bowls-incomer-louis-ridout-outdoors-devon-target/story-25819091-detail/story.html |title=BOWLS: Incomer Louis Ridout has outdoors Devon target after winning Planet Bowls title indoors |publisher=Torquay Herald Express}} represented England during the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
He was 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, Jamie Chestney 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}}
He was crowned National singles champion in August 2018 after defeating Andrew Squire 21–16 in the final.{{cite web |url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/news |title=Latest News |publisher=Bowls England}} He subsequently became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships the following year.{{cite web |url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/ |title=Previous Winners |publisher=British Isles Bowls Council}} He bowls for Kings BC, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016 to 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/mens-top-club/ |title=KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN’S TOP CLUB TITLE |website=Bowls England}}
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/56870 |title=Official Games profile |publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games |access-date=2 August 2022}} The team of Ridout, Nick Brett and Jamie Chestney 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}}
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England 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}}{{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 Nick Brett and Jamie Walker, he won the bronze medal.
References
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External links
- {{Team England|louis-ridout}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6033384-louis-ridout}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56870}}
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Category:English male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from Taunton
Category:21st-century English sportsmen