# Jamie Chestney

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{{Short description|English bowls player (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Jamie Chestney
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| caption          = 
| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1986|11|15|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Kings Lynn](/source/Kings_Lynn), England
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| club             = Culm Vale (outdoor)<br>Exonia BC (indoor)
| medaltemplates   = 
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{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games) }}
{{MedalSilver | [2014 Glasgow](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games) | [fours](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_fours) }}
{{MedalBronze|[2018 Gold Coast](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games)|[fours](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_fours)}}
{{MedalGold | [2022 Birmingham](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[triples](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_triples)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2022 Birmingham](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[fours](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_fours)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Outdoor Championships](/source/World_Bowls_Events) }}
{{MedalBronze | [2012 Adelaide](/source/2012_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [pairs](/source/2012_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Indoor Bowls Championships](/source/World_Indoor_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2018 Yarmouth](/source/2018_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|[pairs](/source/2018_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold|[2018 Yarmouth](/source/2018_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|[Mixed pairs](/source/2018_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)}}
{{MedalGold|[2021 Yarmouth](/source/2021_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|[pairs](/source/2021_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Atlantic Bowls Championships](/source/Atlantic_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|[English Nationals](/source/English_National_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|2004|[pairs](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(Men's_Pairs))}}
{{MedalGold|2009|[junior singles](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(Men's_Junior_Singles))}}
{{MedalGold|[2021](/source/2021_Bowls_England_National_Finals)|[cofc](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(Men's_Champion_of_Champions))}}
{{MedalGold|[2025](/source/2025_Bowls_England_National_Finals)|[triples](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(men's_triples))}}
}}

'''Jamie Chestney''' (born 15 November 1986) is an English male international [lawn and indoor bowler](/source/Bowls).<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](/source/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](/source/bronze_medal) at the [2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/2012_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) in the [pairs competition](/source/2012_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship_%E2%80%93_Men's_Pairs) with [Graham Shadwell](/source/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](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_fours) at the [2014 Commonwealth Games](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games) where he won a [silver medal](/source/silver_medal).<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamie Chestney biography |work=[Glasgow 2014](/source/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](/source/World_Bowls_Tour_Events) and the following year won the Cooperative Funeralcare International Open.

In 2018, he won the [World Indoor Open Pairs title](/source/2018_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) with [Mark Dawes](/source/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](/source/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](/source/England_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games) for the [2018 Commonwealth Games](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games) on the [Gold Coast](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland) in [Queensland](/source/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](/source/bronze_medal) in the [Fours](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_fours) with [David Bolt](/source/David_Bolt_(bowls)), [Louis Ridout](/source/Louis_Ridout) and [Sam Tolchard](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_triples) and the [men's fours](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_fours) at the [2022 Commonwealth Games](/source/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](/source/Nick_Brett) and [Louis Ridout](/source/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](/source/List_of_Bowls_England_Men's_National_Championships) 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](/source/The_Times)|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>

He was part of the Kings Bowls Club, who have won the [Top Club championship](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(Top_Club)) 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)](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(men's_pairs))
*2009 [Bowls England National Championships (Men's Junior Singles)](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(Men's_Junior_Singles))
*2021 [Bowls England National Championships (Men's Champion of Champions)](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(Men's_Champion_of_Champions))
*2025 [Bowls England National Championships (men's triples)](/source/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}}

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Category:1986 births
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Category:English male bowls players
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Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
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Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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