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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1990 Taunton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kings (Torquay) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | 17 (August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[2]
In 2016 he won the National title in the Pairs with Sam Tolchard.[3] The bowler who represents Devon[4] 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[5] where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Jamie Chestney and Sam Tolchard.[6][7]
He was crowned National singles champion in August 2018 after defeating Andrew Squire 21–16 in the final.[8] He subsequently became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships the following year.[9] He bowls for Kings BC, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016 to 2019.[10]
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11] The team of Ridout, Nick Brett and Jamie Chestney won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.[12]
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[13] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[14][15] In the triples with Nick Brett and Jamie Walker, he won the bronze medal.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Archived from the original on 28 June 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ↑ "News: Tolchard takes double titles". Bowls International.
- ↑ "BOWLS: Incomer Louis Ridout has outdoors Devon target after winning Planet Bowls title indoors". Torquay Herald Express.
- ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
- ↑ "Fours results". CG2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Latest News". Bowls England. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ↑ "KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN'S TOP CLUB TITLE". Bowls England. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England's men take gold in lawn bowls triples". BBC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Louis Ridout at Team England
- Louis Ridout at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Louis Ridout at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1990 births
- Living people
- English male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Taunton
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls