Kenichi Emura

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Kenichi Emura
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1955-08-23) 23 August 1955 (age 68)
Sport
SportBowls
ClubTweed Heads BC
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Christchurch Men's Triples
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Christchurch triples

Kenichi Emura (江村健一, Emura Ken'ichi, born 1955) is a Japanese international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career[edit]

Emura a computer consultant by trade won the national singles title in 2013 and represented Japan in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch winning a bronze medal in the triples with Hisaharu Satoh and Kenta Hasebe. The bronze medal was the first ever bowls medal won by the nation.[2]

He won a triples silver medal at the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Christchurch.[3]

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Japan at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events.[5][6] In the triples his team reached the quarter final before losing to England.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Japanese team profiles" (PDF). World Bowls 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.