{{Short description|English lawn bowler (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Andrew Knapper | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = English | citizenship = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Taplow, England | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | yearsactive = | website = | country = | sport = Lawn bowls | event = | league = | league_type = | employer = | agent = | height = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|cm|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|90|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | universityteam = | club = Tilehurst BC | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | coaching = | retired = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2014 Glasgow|Men's fours}} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Glasgow|Men's pairs}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2016 Christchurch | triples }} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Paphos|triples}} }}
'''Andrew Knapper''' (born 2 September 1981) is an English international lawn bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://12242-console.memberconnex.com//Englandchange.pdf|title=England team profiles|publisher=2016 World Bowls|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510103521/https://12242-console.memberconnex.com//Englandchange.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Bowls career== He competed for England in both the men's fours and the men's pairs events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver and bronze medal respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1024885/andrew_knapper.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915004220/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1024885/andrew_knapper.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 September 2014 |accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref> In 2015 he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2015-atlantic-championship/|title=2015 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref>
In 2016 he was part of the triples team with Robert Paxton and Jamie Walker who won the gold medal at 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/38194221|title=World Bowls Championships: England win men's triples title|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
He won the National Championship triples in 2013 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsengland.247.tv/images/National_Triples_final.pdf|title=triples results|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref>
In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/selection-2020-world-bowls-championships/|title=SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knapper, Andrew}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:English male bowls players Category:Bowls World Champions Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls