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
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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[]

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold


Acrobatic gymnastics Men's group all-around 26 July
 Gold Kyren Wilson Cue sports Snooker 30 July
 Gold







Tug of war 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
Acrobatic gymnastics Mixed pairs all-around 24 July
 Bronze

Acrobatic gymnastics Women's group all-around 25 July
 Bronze Trampoline gymnastics 25 July
 Bronze






Tug of war 29 July

Competitors[]

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[]

Trampoline[]

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[]

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

Lacrosse[]

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

Kickboxing[]

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[]

Main article: Tug of war at the 2017 World Games

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[]

  1. ^ World Games 2017
  2. ^ "List of results". Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ "2015 Trampoline World Championship". Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  4. ^ "Korfball". www.theworldgames.org. 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. 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.
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