| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Anthony Burkett |
| Nationality | South African |
| Born | (1948-03-16) 16 March 1948 (age 76) |
| Medal record | |
Neil Anthony Burkett (born 16 March 1948) is a South African international lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
Burkett won two World Bowls Championship medals; a fours bronze at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.
He has also won four Commonwealth Games medals including a gold medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Alan Lofthouse, Donald Piketh and Robert Rayfield.
In 1996, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Gerry Baker.
References
- "Neil Burkett Profile". Bowls tawa.
- "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
External links
- Neil Anthony Burkett at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1994–2006)
- Neil Anthony Burkett at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1948 births
- Living people
- South African male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century South African sportsmen