{{Short description|Australian lawn bowler}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Corey Wedlock | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|15|df=y}} <ref name=BA>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/jackaroos/corey-wedlock/|title=profile|publisher=Bowls Australia}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Bowls | club = Warilla BC (outdoors) | highestranking = '''2''' (June 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/male-rankings/ |title=Male rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2023 Gold Coast | triples}} {{MedalGold | 2023 Gold Coast | fours}} {{MedalGold | 2023 Gold Coast | team}} {{Medal|Competition|Bowls World Cup}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Kuala Lumpur|singles}} }}
'''Corey Wedlock''' (born 15 June 1996) is an international Australian lawn and indoor bowler.<ref name=BA/> He reached a career high ranking of world number 2 in June 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/male-rankings/ |title=Male rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}</ref>
== Bowls career == Corey made his international debut in 2017 and has twice won the pairs with Nathan Pedersen at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hklba.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146&Itemid=218&lang=en | title=HK Classic winners Men Pairs | publisher=HKLBA | access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>
In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2020-world-bowls-championships-jackaroos-team-confirmed/|title=2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED|date=10 February 2020 |publisher=Bowls Australia}}</ref>
In 2021, Wedlock won the delayed triples title with Gary Kelly and Brendan Aquilina at the delayed Australian National Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/new-south-wales-dominate-triples-at-australian-championships/|title=NEW SOUTH WALES DOMINATE TRIPLES AT AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS|website=Bowls Australia|date=24 May 2021 |access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref> The following day he also won the fours title with Aquilina, Jamie Turner and Aaron Teys.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/nsw-qld-claim-fours-honours/|title=NSW & QLD CLAIM FOURS HONOURS|website=Bowls Australia|date=26 May 2021 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/51192|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref>
In 2023, he won his first Australian Open<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/honour-roll-by-year/ |title=Honour Roll |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref> and then was selected as part of the team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> In the triples with Aron Sherriff and Carl Healey, they won the gold medal. In the fours partnering Aaron Teys, Healey and Sherriff the team won their group before reaching the final against Scotland, where he won a second gold medal winning 12–10 to complete a very successful championships.
In October 2023, Wedlock won the National pairs title with Gary Kelly<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2023-nationals-day-12-recap/ |title=Day 12 recap |date=18 October 2023 |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> and in 2025, he won the Australian Open pairs title with Kelly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australianopen.bowls.com.au/2025/06/19/2025-australian-open-day-13-wrap/ |title=Day 13 wrap |date=19 June 2025 |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wedlock, Corey}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Australian male bowls players Category:Commonwealth Games bowls players for Australia Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Bowls World Champions