Jim Candelet

James Candelet (1918 to 1986) was a United States international lawn bowler. At the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing he won a silver medal in the pairs with Bill Tewksbury and a bronze in the team event for the Leonard Trophy. Twelve years later he won gold at the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen but fell ill during the competition and could not play the final, so the Scottish reserve George Adrain replaced him alongside Skippy Arculli. He won seven United States Championships, four in the singles and three in the pairs, took up bowls in 1932 and served as president of the American Lawn Bowls Association from 1970 to 1972.