Richard Corsie, born on 27 November 1966 and raised in Edinburgh, is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player who is considered among the best of all time. He won the World Indoor singles title three times and the indoor pairs twice, with Alex Marshall and Graham Robertson, and took the 1992 World Outdoor pairs title with Marshall. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games he won singles bronze as the youngest bowls medallist there, and in 1994 he took singles gold by beating Tony Allcock. He chaired the Professional Bowls Association when the World Bowls Tour was formed and was appointed MBE in 1999.
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is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player
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(born 27 November 1966) is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player
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Corsie won the World Indoor Bowls Championships singles title three times during his career and also won the pairs title twice
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is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player
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is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player
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He won the pairs title at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Marshall
Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, Commonwealth Games
He competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the singles event
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