| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1980-12-27) 27 December 1980 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Elgin (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | 20 (March 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
Michael Stepney (born 1980) is a Scottish indoor bowler.[1] He reached a career high ranking of world number 20 in March 2025.[2]
Bowls career
He won the Scottish National Singles Championship in 2009 and the British Isles Singles Championship the following year.[1] In 2017, he finished runner-up in the Scottish International Open, losing out to David Gourlay. This helped him break into the WBT top 16 during 2018.[3][4]
In 2022, Stepney won the men's singles gold medal at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships, defeating Stewart Anderson in the final.[5]
Playing with Jason Banks, Stepney won the open pairs title at the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship, defeating Jason Greenslade and Robert Paxton in the final.[6]
References
- "Profile". World Bowls Tour. 4 April 2018.
- "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- "2017 SCHEDULE AND SCORES". World Bowls Tour. July 2017.
- "Bowls Scottish Open: Michael Stepney & David Gourlay into final". BBC Sport. 10 November 2017.
- "WATCH: Moray bowler Michael Stepney crowned as world singles champion at the World Bowls Indoor Championships in Bristol after a thrilling last-bowl victory over fellow Scotland international Stewart Anderson". The Northern Scot. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- "Ambassador Cruise Line World Indoor Bowls Championships open pairs winners crowned". Bowls International. Retrieved 21 January 2025.