Darren Gualtieri

Darren Gualtieri is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler, born on 26 March 1990. He represented Scotland at under 25 level both outdoors and indoors, won a bronze medal in the singles at the 2018 Scottish National Bowls Championships and then the gold medal in the singles at the 2022 national championships in Ayr, beating former champion Mark Kelsey 21-13 in the final. He was first selected for the Bowls Scotland outdoor international team and the SIBA Scotland indoor international team in 2023, the year he won silver at the World Singles Champion of Champions on the Gold Coast, losing the final to Daniel Salmon of Wales. In 2024 he took pairs silver with his brother Ryan Gualtieri at the British Isles Bowls Championships, then silver in both the triples and the fours at the 2024 European Bowls Championships, where Scotland won the overall team gold. He reached a career high world ranking of 10 in March 2025.