Richard Corsie
Scottish bowls player
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Richard Corsie MBE (born 27 November 1966) is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player, he is considered to be among the best bowls players of all time.[2]
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| Born | 27 November 1966[1] Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Craigentinny BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Bowls career
Corsie won the World Indoor Bowls Championships singles title three times during his career[3] and also won the pairs title twice with Alex Marshall and Graham Robertson respectively.
He competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the singles event and became the youngest Commonwealth Games medallist in bowling.[4]
He won the pairs title at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Marshall and two years later won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the singles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games beating his long-time nemesis and friend Tony Allcock in the final.[5]
In 1987, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning the pairs titles in 1988.[6][7]
He was the Chairman of the Professional Bowls Association when the World Bowls Tour was formed on 1 January 1997.[8]
Awards
Corsie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours for services to bowls.[9]
He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in March 2010.[10]