{{Short description|English bowls player (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jamie Chestney | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|11|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Kings Lynn, England | death_date = | death_place = | club = Culm Vale (outdoor)<br>Exonia BC (indoor) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport |}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalSilver | 2014 Glasgow | fours }} {{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|fours}} {{MedalGold | 2022 Birmingham|triples}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|fours}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Adelaide | pairs }} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|2018 Yarmouth|pairs}} {{MedalGold|2018 Yarmouth|Mixed pairs}} {{MedalGold|2021 Yarmouth|pairs}} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|singles}} {{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|triples}} {{MedalCompetition|English Nationals}} {{MedalGold|2004|pairs}} {{MedalGold|2009|junior singles}} {{MedalGold|2021|cofc}} {{MedalGold|2025|triples}} }}
'''Jamie Chestney''' (born 15 November 1986) is an English male international lawn and indoor bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/4432|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}</ref>
== Bowls career == === International achievements === His first major international medal came in 2011 when he won the singles and triples gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php |archive-date=2011-10-31 |title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> The following year he gained a bronze medal at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs competition with Graham Shadwell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/63050|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=15 January 2019|archive-date=15 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115234507/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/63050|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two years later he competed for England in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamie Chestney biography |work=Glasgow 2014 |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1024875/jamie_chestney.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220457/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1024875/jamie_chestney.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=usurped |access-date=20 September 2014}}</ref>
He finished runner-up in the 2016 International Open and the following year won the Cooperative Funeralcare International Open.
In 2018, he won the World Indoor Open Pairs title with Mark Dawes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/bowls/42458595|title=Chestney & Dawes win Pairs Final|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and then won the Mixed Pairs title the following day with Lesley Doig.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/42793074|title=Second World Indoor title as Jamie Chestney gains revenge over Darren Burnett|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
In 2018 he was also selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/news/team-england-lawn-bowlers-selected-for-gold-coast-2018-commonwealth-games#DLHCSLkooDvDMf2q.97|title=2018 Commonwealth Games team|publisher=Team England}}</ref> where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with David Bolt, Louis Ridout and Sam Tolchard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-men-s-fours.htm|title=Fours results|publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-date=13 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413190409/https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-men-s-fours.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43748412|title=Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
Chestney won a third world indoor title when winning the open pairs at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship for the second time with Mark Dawes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/dawes-and-chestney-win-send-open-pairs-title/|title=Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title |website=Bowls International | access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/other-sport/second-world-pairs-title-mark-dawes-following-closure-blackpool-newton-hall-indoor-bowling-club-3104874|title=Second world pairs title for Mark Dawes following closure of Blackpool Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club |website=Blackpool Gazette | access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/56865|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> The team of Chestney, Nick Brett and Louis Ridout won the triples gold medal and in the fours he also secured a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62382397|title=Commonwealth Games: England's men take gold in lawn bowls triples|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref>
=== National achievements === Chestney is a four times national champion, winning National Championship titles in 2004, 2009, 2021 and 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England|access-date=31 August 2017|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327221853/https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/live-scores-benfinals21/|title=Daily Round Up|publisher=Bowls England|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref> Chestney was aged just 17 when he won the pairs title with Ian Wynter in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/sport-in-brief-s70l5vj9955|title=Sport in Brief|work=The Times|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
He was part of the Kings Bowls Club, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016-2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/mens-top-club/|title=KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN'S TOP CLUB TITLE|website=Bowls England}}</ref> He then joined the Culm Vale club.
'''National titles''' *2004 Bowls England National Championships (men's pairs) *2009 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Junior Singles) *2021 Bowls England National Championships (Men's Champion of Champions) *2025 Bowls England National Championships (men's triples)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Team England|jamie-chestney}} * {{CGF profile}} * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn_bowls/1024875/jamie_chestney}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6033378-jamie-chestney}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56865}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chestney, Jamie}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:English male bowls players Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from King's Lynn Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls