Kelvin Kerkow
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Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
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| Full name | Kelvin Ivan Kerkow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Spike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 April 1969 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Tweed Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelvin Kerkow OAM (born 22 April 1969) is an Australian lawn bowls and indoor bowls player and author.
Kerkow was born in 1969 in Kingaroy, Queensland. At the age of seven, he contracted Guillain–Barré syndrome which led to him being unable to walk for several years.[1][2][3] His parents, Ivan and Joan introduced him to bowls when he was unable to play contact sports due to his limited mobility.[4]
Bowls career
Outdoors he won two bronze medals in the singles and triples in the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and a silver medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] He also secured the 2006 Commonwealth Games singles gold medal in Melbourne.[6] He is also a three times title winner at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in 1995, 2001 and 2003.[7]
Indoors Kelvin has won three World Indoor Championships Pairs gold medals. In the 1996 World Indoor Bowls Championship he partnered Ian Schuback, and in the 2005 World Indoor Bowls Championship and 2009 World Indoor Bowls Championship he partnered Mervyn King.[8] In addition he has won the gold medal at the 2007 World Cup Singles in Warilla, New South Wales, Australia,[9] the 2006 Scottish International Open and was twice winner of the Welsh International Open in 2004 and 2005.
Other Achievements
- Australian Indoor Singles Winner
- Welsh Master Invitation champion 1997
- World Bowls Singles Bronze Medallist 1996
- Australian Representative 1995-2008
- Gold Coast Winter Carnival Singles 1995
- Hub of the Hunter invitation Singles 1994
- Welsh invitation Singles 1996
- Coolangatta Master of Masters 1993
- Golden Nugget invitation Singles 1994 &1997
- Halekulani invitation Singles 1995
- Mt Isla Invitation Singles 1999
- Halekulani Invitation Singles 1999