Mervyn King (bowls)
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{{Use British English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Mervyn King
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|1|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = King's Lynn, England
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| country = England
| sport = Lawn bowls
| club = Hunstanton
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{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's Lawn bowls}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 2010 Delhi|Men's pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Preston|Men's pairs}}
{{MedalGold | 2005 Yarmouth|Men's pairs}}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Yarmouth|Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Yarmouth|Men's pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Ayr | Men's triples }}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Ayr | Men's fours }}
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Mervyn John King (born 4 January 1966, in King's Lynn) is an international lawn and indoor bowler from Fakenham.[http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/10/09/28/manual_172154.html THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025092904/http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others%2F10%2F09%2F28%2Fmanual_172154.html |date=2011-10-25 }}{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2687|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}
Bowls career
King was twice runner-up in national junior singles in 1988{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19880916/202/0011 |title=King pipped |work=Lynn Advertiser |date=16 September 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 August 2023}} and 1989.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19890929/146/0026 |title=Darling dethrones the King |work=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |date=29 September 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 August 2023}}
King represented England at three Commonwealth Games, the 2002, 2006 and the 2010 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal, with Stuart Airey, in the men's pairs competition.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9084352.stm BBC Sport - Bowls silver medal bittersweet for Mervyn King]{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48750|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
He has also won two bronze medals at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr in the triples and fours events.
He is a leading player on the indoor circuit and has remained in the world's top sixteen since 2006 and has won the world singles indoor title in 2006 and is also three times world indoor pairs champion in 1997 with Tony Allcock and twice with Kelvin Kerkow in 2005 and 2009.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/mervyn-king/|title=Profile|publisher=World Bowls Tour}} Other major wins include 2009 World Matchplay and 2010 Scottish International Open.
Personal life
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101110035929/http://www.worldbowlstour.com/players/biography/mervyn-king World Bowls Tour : Mervyn King]
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Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:English male bowls players
Category:Sportspeople from King's Lynn
Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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