# Jeremy Henry

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{{MedalCountry| 25px Ireland}}
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{{MedalCompetition | [World Outdoor Championships](/source/World_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [1996 Adelaide](/source/1996_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [Men's pairs](/source/1996_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [2000 Johannesburg](/source/2000_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [Men's singles](/source/2000_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalBronze | [2004 Ayr](/source/2004_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [Men's team](/source/2004_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[British Isles Championships](/source/British_Isles_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|1997|singles}}
{{MedalGold|1994|triples}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze |[1998 Kuala Lumpur](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games)|[Men's singles](/source/Bowls_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2002 Manchester](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games)|[Men's singles](/source/Bowls_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2006 Melbourne](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games)|[Men's triples](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Indoor Championships](/source/World_Indoor_Bowls_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold | [2004](/source/2004_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) |Men's pairs }}
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'''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 medal](/source/gold_medal)s in the [World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/World_Bowls_Championship) and three [Commonwealth Games](/source/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](/source/Sammy_Allen) at the [1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/1996_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), [Australia](/source/Australia). Four years later he won a second gold at the [2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/2000_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) in the singles in [Johannesburg](/source/Johannesburg), [South Africa](/source/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](/source/bronze_medal) at the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) in the singles at [Bukit Kiara](/source/Bukit_Kiara), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) in Malaysia and four years later won [silver](/source/silver_medal) at the [2002 Commonwealth Games](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) in [Heaton Park](/source/Heaton_Park), [Manchester](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2004_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) pairs title with [Ian McClure](/source/Ian_McClure_(bowls)) 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](/source/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==
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==External links==
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|100078}}

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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

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