{{Short description|English bowls player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Louis Ridout | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Taunton, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Bowls | club = Kings (Torquay) | highestranking = '''17''' (August 2024) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's lawn bowls }} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2023 Gold Coast | triples}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|fours}} {{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|triples}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|fours}} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Paphos|pairs}} {{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019|singles}} {{MedalGold|2017|pairs}} }}
'''Louis Ridout''' (born 24 January 1990) is an English international indoor and outdoor bowls player. He reached a career high ranking of world number 17 in August 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 == In 2015 he won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2015-atlantic-championship/ |title=2015 Atlantic Championships |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref>
In 2016 he won the National title in the Pairs with Sam Tolchard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bowlsinternational.com/view_article.asp?ID=10160 |title=News: Tolchard takes double titles |publisher=Bowls International}}</ref> The bowler who represents Devon<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/bowls-incomer-louis-ridout-outdoors-devon-target/story-25819091-detail/story.html |title=BOWLS: Incomer Louis Ridout has outdoors Devon target after winning Planet Bowls title indoors |publisher=Torquay Herald Express}}</ref> represented England during the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
He was 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, Jamie Chestney and Sam Tolchard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/event-schedule-men-s-fours.htm |title=Fours results |publisher=CG2018}}</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>
He was crowned National singles champion in August 2018 after defeating Andrew Squire 21–16 in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/news |title=Latest News |publisher=Bowls England}}</ref> He subsequently became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/ |title=Previous Winners |publisher=British Isles Bowls Council}}</ref> He bowls for Kings BC, who have won the Top Club championship four years running from 2016 to 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>
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/56870 |title=Official Games profile |publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> The team of Ridout, Nick Brett and Jamie Chestney 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>
In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent England 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}}</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 Nick Brett and Jamie Walker, he won the bronze medal.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Team England|louis-ridout}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6033384-louis-ridout}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56870}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ridout, Louis}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:English male bowls players Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from Taunton Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls