Scott Waites is a current British World Champion, at which sport?
"had a lower-profile season in 2013-14, suffering early exits in the Winmau Masters and Zuiderduin Masters and not being selected to defend his WDF World Cup singles title. He did enjoy another good run at the PDC Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals before being defeated by Robert Thornton. However, his season ended in disappointment when, as the defending champion, he was eliminated in the first round of the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship 3-0 by eventual runner-up Alan Norris. It was the first time Waites had lost in the first round of the world championship, and afterwards he complained of"
"came 7th. In 2015, she finished second in the 3000m steeplechase at the European Athletics Team Championships in Cheboksary, Russia. Prior to the Olympic Games in 2016, she represented Great Britain at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam. She represented Great Britain in the World Championships in 2017 (London). In 2018, she made her third Commonwealth Games team for Sctoland, competing again in the steeplechase in the Gold Coast, Australia. Waite is currently an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. Lennie Waite Lennie Waite (born 4 February 1986 in Paisley, Scotland) is"
"out of action for a couple of months. He returned in March, and won the British Classic defeating Glen Durrant in the final. He also reached a further 4 finals. Entering the 2016 World Championship as the 9th seed, Waites won his second World Championship by beating Canada's Jeff Smith 7-1 in the final. Waites was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He currently resides in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with his partner Lucy. He has a stepson, Michael, with his ex-partner, Sally. Waites is not a full-time professional player and he earns his full-time living as a carpenter for Pennine Housing"
"from the PDC's affiliated tours including the Development and Challenge Tours and all the regional tours as well as the results from the World Championship regional qualifiers. The 2019 season in darts saw a major shift in the rules between players playing in the Professional Darts Corporation and the British Darts Organisation (BDO). For the first time since the split in darts the BDO let players that play in their World Championships take part in the PDC's Qualifying School without withholding their money or banning them. With the change in rules high profile players such as Glen Durrant, Scott Waites"
"United Kingdom, including association football, golf, tennis, boxing, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, field hockey, snooker, darts, billiards, squash, curling and badminton, all of which are popular in Britain. Another sport invented in the UK was baseball, and its early form rounders is popular among children in Britain. Snooker and darts are popular indoor games: Stephen Hendry is the seven time world snooker champion, Phil Taylor is the 16 time world darts champion. Snooker player Alex Higgins (nicknamed ""The Hurricane"") and darts player Eric Bristow (nicknamed ""The Crafty Cockney"") are credited with popularising each sport. Bodybuilder Reg Park was Mr"
"Association) since renamed, and currently, the PSA (Professional Squash Association) tour. Summary of Major Career Achievements: Softball : 4-time World Champion, incl. 1997 World Doubles Champion Highest World ranking: 4 Highest English National ranking: 1 England Captain with over 70 caps. As England Captain, he opened the 2002 Commonwealth Games Squash competition playing his first match, against Jamaica, watched by Queen Elizabeth II. Hardball : Singles: Winner 2013 US National Championship, Winner 2011 ISDA Players Championship. Doubles: World No.1 2007-08. Details. ""(Today)"" Currently runs a company called Squash Solutions that mainly focuses on teaching juniors out of several different locations"
"Jimmy White James Warren White, (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who now competes with an invitational tour card. Nicknamed ""The Whirlwind"" because of his fluid, attacking style of play and popularly referred to as the ""People's Champion"", White is a six times World Championship finalist, the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red Grand Prix champion, 2010 World Seniors Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins. White's non-world championship achievements include the UK Championship, the Masters and the Nations Cup. A two-time winner of both the World Cup and the British Open, White was"
"Scott Jones (athlete) Scott Jones (born 4 February 1998) is a parasport athlete from England competing mainly in F34 throwing events. In 2013 he qualified for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, selected for the F34 shot put. At the games he threw a new world record in his classification, winning gold and becoming the new world champion. Jones was a keen sports enthusiast as a youngster and enjoyed both athletics and rugby union before three stroke like symptoms left him without use of the right side of his body. On recovery he returned to athletics and, despite a further"
"Britain (GBR) in the UCI World Cycling Tour (UWCT) Final (formerly the UCI Amateur Road World Championships). Wiles suffered a leg injury during the race, but still finished fourth in the Male Over-70s category of the Road Race event. In October 2014, he competed for GBR in yet another World Championship, this time in Manchester: The UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships. Here Wiles gained 3 medals, including gold in both the M70-74 Points race and the M70-74 Individual Pursuit. Wiles now lives with his wife Barbara in Kent, where he coaches the San Fairy Ann Racing Team. In 2010"
"to progress beyond the qualifying round. He quit work as an overnight labourer in a lorry depot to focus on pole vault full-time at the start of 2013 which brought an upturn in performances, he won the 2013 British Championship but was passed over for World Championship selection in favour of compatriot Steve Lewis. After a strong beginning to his indoor season in 2014 Cutts came back from a mid season neck injury to win a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil He was born"
"youngest medal winner in the 1999 world championships, and fourth place at the 2000 Olympics were marred by a later scandal over the use of performance-enhancing drugs, like Christie before him. Kelly Holmes won Olympic gold in both the 800m and 1500m, and set many British records. In cricket, many have represented England: Devon Malcolm, Phillip DeFreitas, Chris Lewis, Gladstone Small, Dean Headley, Alex Tudor, Michael Carberry and Chris Jordan to name a few. In Formula 1, the highest rank of motorsport sanctioned by the FIA, Lewis Hamilton from Stevenage is the current world champion, having also won the championship"
"Brian Waites Brian J. Waites (born 1 March 1940) is an English professional golfer. Waites turned professional in 1957 and played on the European Tour through most of the 1970s and 1980s. He was in his prime between 1978 and 1984, ranking between 10th and 22nd on the Order of Merit in each of those seven years. He won two European Tour events. Waites was a member of the losing 1983 European Ryder Cup team and represented England three times at the World Cup. Waites joined the European Seniors Tour in its 1992 debut season and had a successful career"
"2010 Grand Slam of Darts The 2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts was the fourth staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 13–21 November 2010 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4. Although 8-0 down at one stage, Scott Waites made a remarkable comeback to defeat James Wade 16-12 in the final, becoming the first, and as of 2017, only member of the British Darts Organisation to win this event."
"Lennie Waite Lennie Waite (born 4 February 1986 in Paisley, Scotland) is a British track and field athlete. She represented Great Britain in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 3000m Steeplechase. She holds a personal best of 9:35.91 in the 3000m Steeplechase, achieved on 12 June 2016 at the Portland Track Festival. She is the fifth fastest British Steeplechaser of all-time. Waite attended Rice University. She graduated cum laude in 2008 with a B.A. in Psychology, Economics, and Managerial Studies. During her time at Rice, she set school records in the mile, 1500m and 3000m steeplechase. Her records still hold"
"2011 Zuiderduin Masters The 2011 Zuiderduin Masters was a British Darts Organisation darts tournament that took place in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands. It was the 13th staging of the event, and the last tournament to be staged that year. Scott Waites was in blistering form as he won the tournament for the first time, beating Martin Adams to get to the final in a sudden-death leg with a 105.12 average. Darryl Fitton was his opponent in the final, and missed two match darts for a 5-3 victory and his second Zuiderduin Masters win. Waites missed the double 18 for a"
"4-3 Irina Armstrong (2) Aileen de Graaf 4-1 Irina Armstrong (2) ""Best of 3 sets.<br> 2011 Zuiderduin Masters The 2011 Zuiderduin Masters was a British Darts Organisation darts tournament that took place in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands. It was the 13th staging of the event, and the last tournament to be staged that year. Scott Waites was in blistering form as he won the tournament for the first time, beating Martin Adams to get to the final in a sudden-death leg with a 105.12 average. Darryl Fitton was his opponent in the final, and missed two match darts for a"
"driver to have won the Triple Crown), John Surtees (only world champion in two and four wheels), Jackie Stewart (three time F1 champion), James Hunt, Nigel Mansell (only man to hold F1 and IndyCar titles at the same time), Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. The British Grand Prix is held at Silverstone every July. Other major sporting events in the UK include the London Marathon, and The Boat Race on the River Thames. The most successful male rower in Olympic history, Steve Redgrave won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games. Cycling is a popular physical activity in the UK."
"athlete; a seven-time Scottish Champion and a nine-time British Champion. Competing with his brother Peter he won the gold medal in the BC4 pairs event at the 2009 European Championships held in Porto, Portugal. In 2010, they won the silver medal at the World Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. Other major championship medals include European Silver from Hamar, Norway 2011 as well as retaining European Gold in the Pairs event in 2013, multiple World Open medals in Povoa Portugal, Montreal Canada and reaching the pinnacle of his career by securing the World Championship Individual Gold medal in Beijing 2016. In 2012"
"won a gold medal in slopestyle at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Valmalenco, Italy. In 2015, she became the first British female competitor to win a World Championship medal in freestyle skiing when she took a silver in the slopestyle event at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships. Summerhayes initially learned to ski at the Sheffield Ski Village, an artificial ski slope (now closed) with a half-pipe and freestyle area. She also trained with the Sharks Ski Club of which James ""Woodsy"" Woods was also a member as a youth. Katie Summerhayes Katie Summerhayes (born 8 October 1995)"
"tie for a place Brian Waites Brian J. Waites (born 1 March 1940) is an English professional golfer. Waites turned professional in 1957 and played on the European Tour through most of the 1970s and 1980s. He was in his prime between 1978 and 1984, ranking between 10th and 22nd on the Order of Merit in each of those seven years. He won two European Tour events. Waites was a member of the losing 1983 European Ryder Cup team and represented England three times at the World Cup. Waites joined the European Seniors Tour in its 1992 debut season and"
"Martin Atkins (Yorks) and Martin Adams (Cambs) and captain Represented the Men's Team, Trina Gulliver (Warwickshire) & Deta Hedman (Oxon) Represented the Ladies team, with Fallon Sherrock (Bucks) and Jake Jones (Staffs) the youth team. England created history by being the first team to win all the three categories, Scott Waites also won the World Cup Mens Singles Title, with Trina Gulliver taking the Ladies Title and Fallon Sherrock the Girls Title. Martin Adams and Tony O'Shea won the World Cup Pairs Mens Title with Trina Gulliver & Deta Hedman the Ladies and Jake Jones and Fallon Sherrock the Youth"
"Sue Wright Sue Wright (born 28 June 1970) is a former professional squash player from England. She was runner-up at the British Open in 1991 and 2000, and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3 in 1998. She won the British National Championship title four times in 1992, 1997, 1998 and 2001. As a junior player, Wright captained the England team which won the world junior team title in 1987. During the last few years of her career, Wright suffered from viral pneumonia, which left her with ear problems that prevented her from flying and competing outside the United"
"Ski and Snowboarding World Championships in the Spanish resort of Sierra Nevada later that month. James Woods (freestyle skier) James Woods (born 19 January 1992) is a British freestyle skier. He has won six medals at FIS World Cup and two medals at FIS World Championships Woods learned to ski at the Sheffield Ski Village near his family home. He won five consecutive British national championships in slopestyle between 2007 and 2011 in Laax. He took a bronze medal at the 2011 Winter X Games Europe, and that year he scored a third place at the King of style competition"
"Peter Wright (darts player) Peter Wright (born 10 March 1970) is a Scottish darts player who plays in PDC tournaments. Wright was the runner-up in the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship and is the 2017 UK Open champion. Wright currently resides in Mendham, Suffolk, England and although he was largely brought up in England he chooses to represent the country of his birth. He is known for his mohawk hairstyle which changes colour each tournament and is made by his wife who is a hairdresser. His nickname is derived from the name of his favourite drink, the Snakebite. Wright competed"
"Ritchie Hawkins Ritchie Mark Hawkins (born 9 November 1983 in Peterborough, England), is a speedway rider in the United Kingdom, who in 2013 rode with the Ipswich Witches in the Premier League. In 2004 he became British Under 21 Champion and has represented Great Britain at Under-21 level. His father Kevin rode. In 2006 suffered severe bruising to the brain following a track crash in Workington forcing him to miss the rest of that season. A crash during a pre season indoor meeting in Kiel Germany (2008) resulted in multiple injuries, including fractures to right ankle, both wrist, broken arm,"
"Wales and Northern England, as these are more mountainous areas. Fort William in Scotland is Britain's only World Cup standard track and was the venue for the 2007 World Championships. The UK has a strong race scene with a national series and numerous regional series with strong representation of all age groups present. The country has produced many of the world's top downhill mountain bikers including Steve Peat, Gee Atherton, Danny Hart, Josh Bryceland, Rachel Atherton and Manon Carpenter. The Sea Otter Classic, held each April at Laguna Seca near Monterey, California, is a major riding event that opens the"
"former champion Scott Waites. After all 33 ProTour events of 2012 had been played, Thornton finished 10th on the Order of Merit to qualify for the Players Championship Finals where compatriot Gary Anderson beat him 10–6 in the second round. At the 2013 World Championship Thornton missed four darts to win 4–2 in the second round against Paul Nicholson and another one in the deciding set. Nicholson threw for the match and left 58 after 12 darts, only for Thornton to take out 130. Thornton won the bull to throw first in the sudden-death leg and won it to set"
"BSc in Geography. Giles Scott Giles Lyndon Scott (born 23 June 1987) is a British competitive sailor and four-time Finn Gold Cup winner who won the gold medal for Team GB in the Finn Class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He is also a member of the America's Cup team campaign with Ben Ainslie Racing where he is tactician. He was a grinder/trimmer with Luna Rossa Challenge during the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup. Scott was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, to John and Rosalind Scott. His father was a sports administrator and latterly director of the U.K."
"bronze at the 2011 Europeans, individual bronze at the 2013 Europeans, and team silver and individual bronze at the 2014 World Equestrian Games. He also represented Great Britain at the (1996 Summer Olympics/Atlanta), (2004 Summer Olympics/Athens), (2008 Summer Olympics/Beijing), (2012 Summer Olympics/London) and (2016 Summer Olympics/Rio), winning team silver in Athens, team bronze in Beijing and team silver in London. In 2006 he was ranked the leading rider in Britain for the sixth year running and 2nd in the world, and as of 2014 he was ranked 1st in the world. William is married to Channel 4 Racing presenter Alice"
"he completed a BSc degree in Sports Science at the University of Greenwich. Geoff Wiles Geoff Wiles (born 18 June 1944) is an English former professional racing cyclist. He won the national road championship as a professional in 1976 and competed for his country as an amateur. He organised cycling and other races, helped form BMX in Britain and ran a cycle-shop in Kent, England. He now competes for Great Britain in world masters cycling events, and coaches a regional cycle racing team (Abellio SFA Racing Team) Born in Strood, Kent, England, Wiles began cycling when his parents, Joan and"
"he recorded a world record distance of 13 meters and 38 centimeters. None of his rivals could match his distance, making Jones the new world champion at the age of 15. Scott is now looking to take part in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. Scott Jones (athlete) Scott Jones (born 4 February 1998) is a parasport athlete from England competing mainly in F34 throwing events. In 2013 he qualified for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, selected for the F34 shot put. At the games he threw a new world record in his classification, winning gold and becoming the"
"Scott Beaumont Scott Beaumont (born 2 June 1978), nicknamed Boom Boom, is an English pro mountain bike racer, specialising in the disciplines of downhill and fourcross. He lives in the UK. Beaumont was born in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire in 1978. He started racing BMX aged four, and went on to win several national titles, and was World BMX Champion in 1995 and 1996. It was in 1996 that Beaumont first began to ride mountain bikes. The new discipline of dual slalom had been created, and mountain bike teams were looking for experienced BMX riders to transition into the new discipline."
"IBSF World Snooker Championship The IBSF World Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. A number of IBSF champions have gone on to successful careers in the Pro ranks, notably Jimmy White (1980), James Wattana (1988), Ken Doherty (1989), Stuart Bingham (1996), Marco Fu (1997), Stephen Maguire (2000) and Mark Allen (2004). Both Ken Doherty (in 1997) and Stuart Bingham (in 2015) have gone on to win the professional World Snooker Championship . The IBSF World"