{{EngvarB|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Jeremy Henry | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Jeremy Norman Henry | nickname = | nationality = Northern Irish / Australian | citizenship = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|3|df=y}} <ref name=KL98>{{cite web|url=http://kl98.thecgf.com/athletes/lawn.htm|title=Athlete's Profiles|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=15 October 2019|archive-date=1 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401203324/http://kl98.thecgf.com/athletes/lawn.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | yearsactive = | website = | country = | sport = | event = | league = | league_type = | employer = | agent = | height = | weight = | universityteam = | club = Warilla BC <br>previously Portrush BC | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | coaching = | retired = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| 25px Ireland}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1996 Adelaide | Men's pairs }} {{MedalGold | 2000 Johannesburg | Men's singles }} {{MedalBronze | 2004 Ayr | Men's team }} {{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}} {{MedalGold|1997|singles}} {{MedalGold|1994|triples}} {{MedalCountry|{{NIR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze |1998 Kuala Lumpur|Men's singles}} {{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester|Men's singles}} {{MedalSilver | 2006 Melbourne|Men's triples}} {{MedalCompetition | World Indoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2004 |Men's pairs }} }}
'''Jeremy Norman Henry''' (born 3 April 1974)<ref name=KL98/> is a former Irish and current Australian lawn and indoor bowler born in Northern Ireland.
==Bowls career== ===Outdoor Bowls=== Henry has achieved major success in the sport winning two gold medals in the World Outdoor Bowls Championship and three Commonwealth Games medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/low/other_sports/bowls/newsid_2172000/2172098.stm|title=Donnelly edges out Henry|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
In 1996 he won the gold in the pairs with Sammy Allen at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide, Australia. Four years later he won a second gold at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the singles in Johannesburg, South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2229|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}</ref>
In the Commonwealth Games he won the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the singles at Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and four years later won silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Heaton Park, Manchester. Another silver medal in 2006 came in the triples event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48791|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 January 2019|archive-date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230905/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48791|url-status=dead}}</ref>
All of the medals were won representing a combined Ireland team or Northern Ireland (Commonwealth Games) before Henry emigrated to Australia where he resides and plays for Warilla and has been capped by Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warillabowls.com.au/bowls/bowls-world-cup-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220084529/http://www.warillabowls.com.au/bowls/bowls-world-cup-2014/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2014 |title=Henry 2014 Champion |publisher=Warilla Bowls |access-date=5 January 2015 }}</ref>
He has also won six outdoor Irish National Bowls Championships; the 1996 and 2001 singles, the 1990, 1994 and 2003 pairs titles and the 1993 triples title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishbowlingassociation.co.uk/iba-national-championships-previous-winners/|title=IBA Singles winners|publisher=Irish Bowls Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Patrick|title=Guinness Bowls Records|year=1986|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-414-3}}</ref> He has also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|date=30 July 2013|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council|access-date=10 May 2020|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> In 2006, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hklba.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=218&lang=en | title=HK Classic winners Men Singles | publisher=HKLBA | access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>
===Indoor bowls=== He won a 2004 World Indoor Bowls Championship pairs title with Ian McClure and after emigrating most of his career has been revolved around indoor bowls. He has taken advantage of the fact that the World Cup Singles are held at his home club which had contributed in a record six title wins in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/World-Cup-Indoor-Singles-Past-Results.pdf|title=Past results|publisher=World Bowls.com}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{CGF profile}} * {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|100078}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Jeremy}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Category:Australian male bowls players Category:Bowls World Champions Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland Category:Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls