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Jesper Svensson (bowler)

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Occupation
  
Ten-pin bowler

Spouse(s)
  
single

Years active
  
2014–present

Nominations
  
Best Bowler ESPY Award

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Born
  
February 15, 1995 (age 22) (
1995-02-15
)

Jesper Svensson (born February 15, 1995) is a Swedish professional ten-pin bowler. He is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), having joined in 2014, and also competes on the European Bowling Tour (EBT). He has won five PBA Tour titles overall, including a major title at the 2016 PBA Tournament of Champions, and owns six EBT titles. He is known for using the two-handed shovel style delivery with a dominant left hand. Svensson is a member of the Storm and Turbo Grips pro staffs.

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Amateur accomplishments

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Before turning pro, Svensson was the 2014 World Youth Masters champion, and won numerous other medals in World Youth competition.

2015 season

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Svensson won his first career PBA Tour title at the 2015 PBA-WBT Kingdom of Bahrain Open on March 7. He followed that up with a win at the PBA Chameleon Championship on December 18. Svensson was honored as the 2015 PBA Rookie of the Year.

2016 season

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Having qualified for his very first PBA Tournament of Champions, Svensson won the event held in Shawnee, Oklahoma on February 7, 2016. In doing so at age 20, he became the youngest-ever winner in this PBA major tournament, which dates back to 1962. Marshall Holman had previously held this distinction when he won the 1976 Tournament of Champions at age 21. Svensson won two more PBA titles in 2016, at the Brunswick Euro Challenge (Munich) and the World Bowling Tour Thailand event (Bangkok), giving him five PBA titles overall.

Professional accomplishments and records

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  • 2015 PBA Rookie of the Year
  • Youngest-ever winner in the PBA Tournament of Champions (20 years, 357 days)
  • First and only player to have five PBA Tour titles by age 21
  • Named Sweden's 2016 Rookie Sportsman of the Year
  • 2016 PBA George Young High Average Award winner (226.07 average over 324 PBA Tour games)

  • References

    Jesper Svensson (bowler) Wikipedia