Marc Wyatt
{{Short description|Welsh lawn bowler}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's lawn bowls}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 2014 Glasgow|Men's triples}}
{{MedalGold | 2018 Gold Coast|Men's pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Johannesburg|triples}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Johannesburg|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2011 Portugal| pairs }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Portugal | mixed }}
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Marc Wyatt (born 15 September 1977) is a Welsh international lawn bowler.{{cite news |title=Marc Wyatt named in Welsh Lawn Bowls squad for Glasgow Commonwealth Games |work=Caerphilly Observer |date=7 March 2014 |url=http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/sport/940003/marc-wyatt-named-in-welsh-lawn-bowls-squad-for-glasgow-commonwealth-games/}}
Bowls career
In 2011, he won three gold medals at the European Bowls Championships in Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://bowlseurope.com/ebu-team-championships-2011/|title=2011 results|publisher=Bowls Europe|access-date=22 April 2022}}
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/1034148/marc_wyatt.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141025135003/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034148/marc_wyatt.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}}
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}} where he claimed a gold medal in the Pairs with Daniel Salmon.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43694192|title=Commonwealth Games: Wales win bowls men's pairs to deny Scotland's Alex Marshall|publisher=BBC Sport}}
He has also won the 2002 triples title, 2006 fours title and 2017 pairs title at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for Caerphilly Town BC{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}} and in 2009 he won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2009 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062629/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|access-date=21 May 2021|archive-date=14 March 2010}}{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503964873/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=284753c0|title=Bowls |date=18 May 2009 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=21 May 2021|page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}
References
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External links
- {{facebook|marc.wyatt.338}}
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Category:Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
Category:Welsh male bowls players
Category:Sportspeople from Caerphilly
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Bowls European Champions