John McCloughlin
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1958 Lisburn, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Lisnagarvey BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John McCloughlin is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler born on 9 March 1958.[1]
Biography
McLoughlin was born in Lisburn and bowled from the age of eleven. He has represented Ireland both indoors and outdoors.
He represented the Northern Irish team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia,[2] where he competed in the fours event.[3] The team of McLoughlin, Frank Campbell, Willie Watson and Sammy Allen[4] won a bronze medal.[5]
His greatest moment came when winning the gold medal in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship fours.[6]
He won a silver with Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand[7] and another bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games fours.
References
- ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ "Ursula Jumps For Joy". Belfast Telegraph. 6 July 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists Bowls". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ↑ "A happy golden return for Wood". South Wales Daily Post. 2 February 1990. Retrieved 16 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland
- Living people
- 1958 births
- Sportspeople from Lisburn
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
- Bowls World Champions
- Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls
- Irish sportspeople stubs
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