Daniel Salmon (bowls)

Daniel Salmon
Personal information
Nickname(s) Speedy or Little Fish
Nationality  Wales
Born 1994
Cardiff
Sport
Sport Lawn & indoor bowls
Club Cardiff IBC

Daniel Salmon (born 1994) is a Welsh international lawn and Indoor bowler.

He made his first indoor international appearance aged just 15 in 2010 becoming the youngest person to represent Wales indoors.[1]

In 2017 he reached the final of the open pairs during the 2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship with his playing partner Damian Doubler[2] and won the 2017 World Youth Championships at Broadbeach Bowls Club on Australia’s Gold Coast.[3] [4]

He was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[5] where he claimed a gold medal in the Pairs with Marc Wyatt.[6]


References

  1. "Bowls: Young star Dan Salmon has week to remember". Wales Online.
  2. "Bowls: Welshmen Salmon, Doubler and Greenslade in pairs final". BBC Sport.
  3. "Congratulations to Golden Boy Dan Salmon". Welsh Bowls Association.
  4. "World Youth Championships Broadbeach". World Bowls.
  5. "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team Wales.
  6. "Commonwealth Games: Wales win bowls men's pairs to deny Scotland's Alex Marshall". BBC Sport.
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