Athol August Johnson
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born1915
Died1 January 1995
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBexley BC
and N.S.W
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kyeemagh triples
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kyeemagh fours
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kyeemagh team

Athol Johnson (1915 - 1 January 1995[1][2]) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[3]

Bowls career

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [4] and won a gold medal in the triples with Don Collins and John Dobbie and a silver medal in the fours.[5] He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Clipped from the Sydney Morning Herald". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 September 1995. p. 45.
  2. ↑ "Clipped from the Sydney Morning Herald". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 January 1995. p. 36.
  3. ↑ "Australian Men's Representative Caps" (PDF). Bowls Australia.
  4. ↑ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  5. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  6. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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