Gerald Baker (bowls)

Gerald 'Gerry' Salem Baker is a lawn bowler born on 7 October 1960.

Gerry Baker

Personal information
Nationality	South Africa
Born	7 October 1960 South Africa
Sport
Club	Bryanston Sports Bowls Club
Medal record Representing  South Africa Men's lawn bowls Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles 2002 Manchester Men's pairs 2010 Delhi Men's pairs World Outdoor Bowls Championships 2000 Johannesburg Men's pairs 2012 Adelaide Men's pairs 2012 Adelaide Men's singles

Bowls career

Gerry Baker is from Bloemfontein, in South Africa and has won three medals at the World Outdoor Championships and three medals at the Commonwealth Games.[1] He broke a South African record by appearing at six Commonwealth Games.[2]

In 1998 he won a bronze medal in the singles at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games and two years later he teamed up with Shaun Addinall to claim a Pairs silver medal in the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. Another bronze arrived in 2002 with Addinall in the Pairs during the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games before he and Addinall finally won a Gold Medal in the Pairs at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.[3]

His most recent success came in the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship when he picked up a fifth medal of note by claiming bronze in the Singles in Adelaide.

He was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland (his sixth Games).[4]

At national level he has finished runner-up three times at the National Championships bowling for the Belgravia Bowls Club.[5]

References

1. "Glasgow 2014 - Gerry Baker Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "SA bowler Baker beckons Cyclone Iris into Gold Coast". Times Live.
3. "Bowls silver for Mervyn King". BBC Sport.
4. "Team South Africa for Commonwealth Games announced". The South African.
5. "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.