2010 in Wales - Sport

Sport

  • 18 September - Boxer Nathan Cleverly defeats Karo Murat at the LG Arena in Birmingham in an eliminator for the WBO light heavyweight title.
  • October - At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Wales wins medals in several sports:
Medal Name Sport Event Date
1 ! Gold Dai Greene Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles October 10
1 ! Gold Robert Weale Lawn bowls Men's singles October 13
2 ! Silver Jazmin Carlin Aquatics Women's 200 m freestyle October 5
2 ! Silver Carys Parry Athletics Women's Hammer Throw October 6
2 ! Silver Becky James Cycling Women's sprint October 7
2 ! Silver Michaela Breeze Weightlifting Women's 63 kg October 7
2 ! Silver Jenny McLoughlin Athletics Women's 100m T37 October 8
2 ! Silver Sean McGoldrick Boxing Bantamweight October 13
2 ! Silver Francesca Jones Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual hoop October 14
3 ! Bronze Becky James Cycling Women's 500 m Time Trial October 5
3 ! Bronze Jemma Lowe Aquatics Women's 100 m Butterfly October 7
3 ! Bronze Jazmin Carlin Aquatics Women's 400 m freestyle October 7
3 ! Bronze Georgia Beth Davies Aquatics Women's 50 m backstroke October 7
3 ! Bronze Christian Malcolm Athletics Men's 200 m October 10
3 ! Bronze Rhys Williams Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles October 10
3 ! Bronze Anwen Butten & Hannah Smith Lawn bowls Women's pairs October 11
3 ! Bronze Keiran Harding Boxing Middleweight (75kg) October 11
3 ! Bronze Jermaine Asare Boxing Light Heavyweight (81kg) October 11
3 ! Bronze Johanne Brekke Shooting Women's 50m Rifle Prone (Singles) October 12
  • 5 December - Gareth Bale wins the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year award
  • 27 December - The Welsh National steeplechase, scheduled to be held at Chepstow, is postponed from its traditional spot because of adverse weather conditions.

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