87 Facts About Jason Belmonte

Jason Belmonte was born on 29 July 1983 and is an Australian professional ten-pin bowler.

Jason Belmonte plays on the PBA Tour in the United States and in world events.

Jason Belmonte is known for being one of the first bowlers to gain media attention for using the two-handed approach style to deliver his shot.

Jason Belmonte has won 32 PBA titles, including a record 15 major championships; he is only one of eight bowlers in PBA tour history to achieve 30 wins, making him the only 30-time winner in PBA Tour history who is not currently a member of the PBA Hall of Fame.

Jason Belmonte is the all-time leader in both USBC Masters and PBA Tournament of Champions titles, winning each event four times.

Jason Belmonte is the only three-time winner of the PBA Players Championship.

Jason Belmonte has been named PBA Player of the Year seven times, tying the record previously set by Walter Ray Williams Jr.

Jason Belmonte won all seven PoY awards in a ten-season stretch, during which he became the most dominant player on tour.

Jason Belmonte accumulated $1 million in career PBA earnings faster than any player in history, surpassed the $1.5 million mark PBA earnings during the 2019 season, and eclipsed $2 million in PBA earnings during the 2022 season.

Jason Belmonte has at least 27 career 300 games in PBA Tour events through 2023, including the PBA's 21st nationally televised 300 in 2012, as well as the 34th nationally televised 300 over ten years later in 2022.

Jason Belmonte rolled another televised 300 game in the 2023 PBA Tour Finals to become the only player in PBA history with three televised perfect games.

Jason Belmonte's accolades have him ranked on several lists as one of the greatest bowlers of all time, if not the greatest.

Jason Belmonte is perhaps the most well-marketed bowler of all time, owing in part to his popularisation of two-handed bowling.

Jason Belmonte is a member of the Storm, 3G Shoes and Vise Grips pro staffs.

Storm has collaborated with Jason Belmonte to develop the "Signature" line of bowling balls, which bear the Belmo nickname and silhouette logo.

Jason Belmonte was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for significant service to tenpin bowling at the elite level.

Jason Belmonte was born on 29 July 1983 in Orange, New South Wales, Australia.

Jason Belmonte's father Aldo opened the Orange Ten Pin Bowl when Jason was a toddler.

Jason Belmonte reports having tried one-handed bowling when he was 7, but concluded that it "sucked".

When Jason Belmonte first joined the PBA, he focused on power.

In 2022, his parents' bowling centre installed a ball tracking system that records ball path, speed, and rev rate, Jason Belmonte saying "it's scarily accurate".

Jason Belmonte has won one European Bowling Tour title, the Brunswick Euro Challenge, held in Greece.

Jason Belmonte won the World Tenpin Masters championship in 2007.

On 8 February 2015, Jason Belmonte became the first bowler to win three consecutive USBC Masters tournaments after defeating No 1 seeded AJ Johnson.

Jason Belmonte won the first major of 2019, the PBA Tournament of Champions, to tie the record with ten majors.

One month later, Jason Belmonte won the 2019 PBA World Championship, making him the all-time major titles leader.

In February 2020, Jason Belmonte won the US Open to claim the "super slam", the second in PBA history after Mike Aulby.

Aged seventeen, Jason Belmonte became the first Junior Australian to bowl a 300 game overseas.

Jason Belmonte took five gold medals at the 2000 Junior National Championships, was selected for the Youth Australia team, and held a place in this team in 2002 and 2004.

Jason Belmonte was awarded the 2001 Orange Junior Sportsperson of the Year and won the 2002 Senior Award.

Jason Belmonte was awarded the Orange Sportsperson of the Year award in both 2002 and 2003.

Jason Belmonte won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Championships in Scotland.

Jason Belmonte competed in Federation Internationale des Quilleurs tournaments such as the World Tenpin Bowling Association and Asian FIQ championships.

Jason Belmonte won a silver medal at the WTBA World Youth Championships in Thailand.

In 2004, Jason Belmonte took three gold, one silver and one bronze the Asian Youth FIQ in Hong Kong and followed this up in the World Youth FIQ titles in Guam with a gold in the singles and a gold in all events.

Jason Belmonte won the prestigious 2004 Bowler of the Year award, voted by the Board of Directors of the World Bowlers Writers' Association.

Jason Belmonte was invited to participate in the 2005 World Tenpin Masters in England where he was defeated in the semi-finals.

In 2007, Jason Belmonte was invited to take part in the World Tenpin Masters, held at the Barnsley Metrodome.

Jason Belmonte rolled 23 out of a possible 24 strikes to win the event with a 566 score for two games, against Moor's 524.

Jason Belmonte represented Australia in the 2006 World Youth Championships in Berlin.

Jason Belmonte was part of the team to take the gold medal in the Team Event and went on to make the Masters after finishing in sixth place in the All Events.

Jason Belmonte was defeated in the second step of the Masters by the eventual winner, Mads Sandbaekken from Norway.

Jason Belmonte competed in the adult version on the same year at Men's World Championship at the Asiad Bowling Center in Busan, Korea and went on to make the Masters match-play after finishing 4th.

Jason Belmonte lost to eventual winner Biboy Rivera from Philippines to take the bronze medal.

Jason Belmonte competed in the 2004 AMF World Cup in Singapore and led all five days of qualifying events.

Jason Belmonte finished in fifth place after being knocked out in the quarter final.

Jason Belmonte competed again in the 2007 AMF World Cup in St Petersburg, Russia where he was lead qualifier.

Jason Belmonte finished runner-up after he was defeated in the final by Bill Hoffman.

Jason Belmonte then came up against first seed Tommy Jones.

Jason Belmonte's three-game total of 765 was a new finals record, beating the previous mark of 764 by Petter Hansen, set in Singapore in 2004.

In 2009, Jason Belmonte won the Bowling Foundation Long Island Classic PBA Tour event in his PBA TV finals debut.

Jason Belmonte came close at the GEICO Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship on 28 March 2010.

Jason Belmonte's shot on his first attempt left a solid 7-pin standing.

Jason Belmonte won his second, third and fourth PBA titles in November 2011.

Jason Belmonte rolled a nationally televised 300 game in the quarterfinals of the PBA World Championship, broadcast on 8 January 2012 in North America; however, he did not go on to win the tournament.

On 24 February 2013, Jason Belmonte won his sixth PBA Tour title and first PBA major at the USBC Masters in North Brunswick, NJ.

Jason Belmonte was runner-up to Wes Malott in the 2013 US Open.

Jason Belmonte became only the third PBA player born outside the USA to win PBA Player of the Year.

Jason Belmonte won the first tournament of the 2014 PBA season, the Barbasol Tournament of Champions in Allen Park, Michigan, which marked his second major tournament win and eighth title overall.

Jason Belmonte captured his tenth title winning the Oklahoma Open during the PBA's Summer Swing.

Jason Belmonte led all bowlers in season earnings, average and competition points.

On 20 January 2016, Jason Belmonte was named the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year for 2015, the third consecutive season he won the award.

On 15 February 2016, Jason Belmonte was retroactively awarded a major title for his 2011 PBA Elite Players Championship victory.

On 12 February 2017, Jason Belmonte won his 13th PBA title and seventh major in the PBA Players Championship held in Columbus, Ohio.

Jason Belmonte won his 15th PBA Tour title on 27 August 2017 at the PBA International-WBT Storm Lucky Larsen Masters, held in Malmo, Sweden.

Jason Belmonte swept the three major PBA statistical categories for the 2017 season, including a PBA-record 229.39 average for 380 games.

Jason Belmonte finished first in earnings and tied for first in wins.

Jason Belmonte avenged his 2017 loss to Tackett for his 18th PBA Tour title.

On 10 February 2019, Jason Belmonte won his 19th PBA title and tenth major at the PBA Tournament of Champions held in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Jason Belmonte joined Johnny Petraglia, Earl Anthony, Walter Ray Williams Jr.

On 19 March 2019, Jason Belmonte captured his 20th PBA title at the PBA Chameleon Championship, part of the 2019 World Series of Bowling in Allen Park, Michigan.

Two days later on 21 March, Jason Belmonte won his 21st PBA title and record-breaking 11th major at the 2019 PBA World Championship, part of the World Series of Bowling.

Jason Belmonte suffered a finger injury in a pre-tournament charity event, forcing him to alter his grip on the bowling ball, and finished well out of the top 64 that made match play.

Jason Belmonte defeated Kyle Troup in the Round of 16 two games to one, but was then eliminated in the Round of 8 by Kris Prather, losing both matches.

On 28 April, Jason Belmonte won the 2019 PBA DHC Japan Invitational held in Tokyo.

Jason Belmonte surpassed $1.5 million in career PBA Tour earnings during the 2019 season, and led the Tour in titles, championship round appearances, average and earnings.

On 23 February 2020, Jason Belmonte won his 23rd PBA Tour title and 12th major at the US Open in Lincoln, Nebraska.

On 15 March, Jason Belmonte won his 24th PBA Tour title and 13th major at the 2020 PBA World Championship, part of the PBA World Series of Bowling held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On 18 December 2020, Jason Belmonte won the Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year Award for the sixth time.

However, Jason Belmonte chose to skip the event and instead return home to Australia for the birth of his fourth child.

On 29 January, Jason Belmonte captured his 26th PBA Tour title and 14th major at the 2022 PBA Players Championship, held in Euless, Texas.

On 20 March, Jason Belmonte won the Lubbock Sports Open for his fourth title of the 2022 season.

On 5 June, during the 2022 PBA Tour Finals, Jason Belmonte threw the 34th televised 300 game in PBA Tour history.

Also, Jason Belmonte joined Sean Rash, Francois Lavoie, and Chris Via as the fourth player to throw multiple televised 300 games in PBA Tour events.

Jason Belmonte led the 2022 PBA Tour in titles and earnings, while winning the Harry Smith PBA Points Leader award.

Jason Belmonte made it to the quarterfinals of the PBA Playoffs and lost in the Group 2 stepladder of the PBA Tour Finals to eventual winner Anthony Simonsen.

Jason Belmonte is married to Kimberly Shapter, who is a registered nurse, and together they have two daughters and two sons.