Tony Bonnell
Tony Bonnell (lawn bowls) won gold in the Para-Sport B6/B7/B8 Triples at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, his second Commonwealth Games experience. Hailing from Broadbeach Bowls Club on the Gold Coast, Tony debuted at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Nicknamed “Boots”, he holds Para-Jackaroos cap number P12 and has 69 international caps and has now set his sights on representing Australia at his third Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Sport / Discipline
Lawn Bowls
Birth Place
Cooroy
Birth state
QLD
Date of Birth
18/10/1967
Age
56
Glasgow, 2014
Gold Coast, 2018
Results History
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Additional Information
Languages Spoken:
No
Are you a citizen of a country other than Australia? If yes, please provide details?
No
Education Details:
Nursing -
Club details:
Brighton Bowls Club - Brisbane
Why did you begin your sport?
Needed something to do, social bowls
Do you have any pre-competition routines or rituals?
Nil
What is your most memorable sporting achievement?
Making last commonwealth games in Glasgow
Who is your hero / idol, and why? Have you ever met them?
Wally Lewis, have met him. Great footballer
Who has been the most influential person or people in your career and why?
Wife
Do you have any hobbies away from your sport?
Renovate, collect toy soldiers, military jeep
What is your sporting ambition?
Gold medal in Gold Coast
