Robert Weale, born in Hereford on 3 April 1963, is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player from a well known bowling family, originally from Presteigne. He made his international debut in 1982 and in 1984 was the youngest competitor at the World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen. In 2000 he won the World Indoor singles title and, a few months later, the men's fours title at the World Outdoor Championship in Johannesburg. At the Commonwealth Games he won six medals across eight successive Games, a record for a lawn bowls player, including fours gold in 1986 and singles gold in 2010. He was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.
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is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player
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born in Hereford on 3 April 1963
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Weale won the men's fours title at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
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Weale has won six Commonwealth Games medals achieved from eight successive games, a record.
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is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player
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is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player
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Just a few months later, Weale won the men's fours title at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, in Johannesburg in April 2000.
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Weale has won six Commonwealth Games medals achieved from eight successive games, a record.
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