{{Short description|Welsh lawn bowler}} {{Use British English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Chris Blake | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Welsh) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|08|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Cardiff | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Engineer | yearsactive = 1987-2015 | country = Wales | sport = Lawn Bowls | height = 5ft 8" | weight = 78kg | club = Cardiff BC, Barry Athletic BC | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{WAL}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championship}} {{MedalSilver | 1996 Adelaide | fours }} {{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}} {{MedalGold|1995|triples}} }}
'''Chris Blake''' is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2298|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531101629/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2298|archivedate=2016-05-31}}</ref>
==Bowls career== He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/275.html|title=World Bowls Champions|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}</ref>
He won the 1994 triples title and 2001 pairs title at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for Cardiff Bowls Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}}</ref> He subsequently became a British champion after winning the 1995 triples title at the British Isles Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council|access-date=4 June 2021|archive-date=9 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109233329/https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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