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| Born | (1952-09-04)4 September 1952 (age 73) Sale, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1980–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lifepartner | Sandy Bolton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ian David "Shooey" SchubackOAM (born 4 September 1952) is an Australian former lawn and indoor bowler, and the only player from outside the United Kingdom to ever win the World Indoor Bowls Championship.
Schuback bowled for the Coolangatta club in Queensland and was also a former professionaltennis coach.[1]
He started bowling in 1980 after watching theMelbourne World Outdoor Championships. Schuback claimed a Men's Singles silver medal at the1986 Commonwealth Games[2] and then won the1988 World Indoor Bowls Championship and the1990 Commonwealth Games Pairs titles.
He won the 1992World Indoor Bowls Championships Singles, the1994 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs and the1996 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs.
He won two silver medals at the 1991Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, inKowloon, Hong Kong.[3]
In the2009 Australia Day Honours he was awarded theMedal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to lawn bowls as a coach, competitor and commentator".[4] He was also awarded theAustralian Sports Medal on 23 August 2000.[5]
