Gary Faulkner Jr.

Gary Faulkner Jr. is an American ten-pin bowler from Memphis, Tennessee, born on 18 October 1990. He learned the game as a child in Memphis bowling centres and entered the National Bowling Association junior program at age five, won the Junior Gold Championship in 2011 and earned a place on Junior Team USA. He bowled collegiately at Webber International University, anchoring the 2012 Intercollegiate Team Championship winners. He joined the Professional Bowlers Association in 2013 and won a major title at the 2015 Rolltech PBA World Championship in Reno, Nevada, making him the second African American champion on the PBA Tour. In 2016 he bowled at the White House at the invitation of Representative Steve Cohen.