{{Short description|English bowls player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Simon Skelton | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|4|7|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2002|Men's fours}} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|2011|Mixed pairs}} {{MedalGold|2015|Men's pairs}} {{MedalSilver| 2019|Men's Singles}} }}
'''Simon Skelton''' is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2398|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}</ref>
==Bowls career== Simon bowls for the Nottingham indoor club and Stute outdoor bowls club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlstour.com/players/biography/simon-skelton|title=Skelton Player Profile|publisher=World Bowls Tour}}</ref> During the 2002 Commonwealth Games he was part of the fours that won the gold medal with John Ottaway, Robert Newman and David Holt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2881|title=Athlete Profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
In 2011 he won the mixed pairs title at the 2011 World Indoor Bowls Championship with Alison Merrien and four years later won the open pairs title with Robert Paxton.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/bowls/16659160|title=Player Profile Simon Skelton|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
In addition to his international achievements he also won a National Championship title in 2009 representing Derbyshire and Stute BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref>
He reached the final of the open singles at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship as a qualifier but lost to Stewart Anderson in the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/47022265|title=World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson wins second title|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/sport/world-indoor-bowls-championship-1-5868135|title=Anderson claims second World Indoor title after beating Skelton in tie-break|publisher=Great Yarmouth Mercury}}</ref> He also lost to Anderson in the final of the 2019 Scottish International Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/anderson-claims-scottish-international-open-28405843 |title=Anderson claims Scottish International Open for the second time |date=4 November 2022 |publisher=Daily Record |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Skelton, Simon}} Category:English male bowls players Category:Living people Category:1972 births Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls European Champions Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls Category:21st-century English sportsmen