Gerald Baker

Gerald Salem Baker, known as Gerry Baker, was born on 7 October 1960 and is a South African lawn bowler from Bloemfontein. He has won three medals at the World Outdoor Bowls Championship and three at the Commonwealth Games, and he set a South African record by appearing at six Commonwealth Games, from 1998 through the 2018 Games on the Gold Coast. His Commonwealth medals include singles bronze in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, pairs bronze in Manchester in 2002 and pairs gold with Shaun Addinall in Delhi in 2010. He also won Atlantic Bowls Championships titles in the fours, singles and pairs, bowled for Belgravia Bowls Club and won the South African national pairs title in 2023. In 2020 he was appointed a Director of World Bowls.