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Great Britain at the 2017 World Games

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Great Britain competed at the World Games 2017[1] in Wroclaw, Poland, from July 20 to July 30, 2017.

Great Britain at the
World Games 2017
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Committee
in Wroclaw, Poland
20 July 2017 – 30 July 2017
Competitors36 +1 athlete in invitational sport in 3 + 1 invitational discipline (kickboxing) sports
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
4
Total
11
World Games appearances

Medalists

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The following competitors won medals at the Games for Great Britain:[2]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Conor Sawenko
Charlie Tate
Adam Upcott
Lewis Watts
Acrobatic gymnastics Men's group all-around 26 July
 Gold Kyren Wilson Cue sports Snooker 30 July
 Gold David Callcutt
Ian Daniels
Wayne Evans
David Field
David Hammersley
Edward Holland
James Murphy
Edward Shannon
Adrian Webb
Tug of war Men's outdoor 640 kg 30 July
 Silver Naomi Folkard Archery Women's recurve individual 25 July
 Silver Jordan Thomas Karate Men's kumite 67 kg 25 July
 Silver Jayson Shaw Cue sports Men's 9-ball pool 29 July
 Silver Ali Carter Cue sports Snooker 30 July
 Bronze Kathryn Williams
Lewis Walker
Acrobatic gymnastics Mixed pairs all-around 24 July
 Bronze Isabel Haigh
Emily Hancock
Ilisha Boardman
Acrobatic gymnastics Women's group all-around 25 July
 Bronze Lucie Colebeck Trampoline gymnastics Women's tumbling 25 July
 Bronze David Bowyer
James Dewsberry
Leonard Jarram
William Lee
James Murphy
Ian Robinson
Lee Robinson
Justin Sheppard
Tug of war Men's outdoor 700 kg 29 July

Competitors

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Sports Men Women Total Events
Korfball 7 7 14 1
Lacrosse 0 18 18 1
Trampoline 2 2 4 4
Kickboxing 0 1 1 1
Total 9 28 36 6

Gymnastic

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Trampoline

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Great Britain has qualified at the 2017 World Games:

  • Men's Individual Double Mini Trampoline - 1 quota [3]
  • Men's Individual Tumbling - 1 quota
  • Women's Individual Double Mini Trampoline - 1 quota
  • Women's Individual Tumbling - 1 quota

Korfball

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Great Britain has qualified at the 2017 World Games in the Korfball Mixed Team event.[4][5]

Lacrosse

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Great Britain has qualified at the 2017 World Games in the Lacrosse Women event.[6][7]

Kickboxing

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Kickboxing - Is on the World Games for the first time as an invitational sport. Only one GB Fighter has qualified during the European Championships in Slovenia 2016. Division = K1, Female -52 kg Monika Markowska from Jersey, UK.

Tug of war

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Great Britain won the gold medal in the men's outdoor 640 kg event and the bronze medal in the men's outdoor 700 kg event.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "World Games 2017". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  2. ^ "List of results". Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ "2015 Trampoline World Championship". Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  4. ^ "Korfball". www.theworldgames.org. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  5. ^ "2015 Korfball World Championship". www.ikf-wkc-2015.be/. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  6. ^ "Lacrosse". www.theworldgames.org. Archived from the original on 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  7. ^ "2015 Lacrosse World Championship". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  8. ^ "Tug of War Medalists" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.