Ben Fowler (born 9 December 1993) is an English curler focused on mixed doubles. He is part of the British Curling Podium Potential program.

Ben Fowler
Born (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 (age 30)
Pembury, Kent, England
Team
Curling clubSt George's Club
Kent, England
Mixed doubles
partner
Anna Fowler
Curling career
Member Association England
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
5 (2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022)
World Mixed Championship
appearances
1 (2023)
European Championship
appearances
4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Other appearancesEuropean Mixed Championship: 1 (2014),
European Junior Challenge: 5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

He currently lives in Glasgow.[1]

Career

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Fowler started curling in 2004 at the only rink in England at the time, Fenton's Rink. He quickly took to the sport and started work towards international curling. In 2013 he moved to Glasgow to focus on his training at the Braehead, Greenacres and Stirling curling rinks.

Fowler is now part of the British Curling Podium Potential program.[2] While working with the program Fowler has focused solely on mixed doubles. With his sister Anna Fowler, he competed in 10 World Curling Tour Competitions finishing in 14th place on the tour.[3]

Fowler has had 14 international appearances adding up to a total of 89 games (as of April 2019).[4] He has also competed in several international invitational events such as the Audi Quattro Winter Games.[5] His best results are a bronze medal in the 2014 European Championship B group and 8th in the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship.[6]

At the national level, Fowler is a five-time English mixed doubles champion curler and one-time English mixed champion curler.

References

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  1. ^ "FOWLERS FLY FLAG FOR ENGLAND IN ABERDEEN". British Curling. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "British Curling Mixed Doubles". British Curling. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Mixed Doubles 2018/29 Results". World Curling Tour. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ Fowler, Ben. "WCF Records". Archived from the original on 13 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Curling Archives - Winter Games NZ". Winter Games NZ. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Andrew Curling's Blog – Events, Helpful Articles, and Business News From Andrew Curling". ecc2014.curlingevents.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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