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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2003 [1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Indoor and lawn Bowls | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 237 (March 2025) [2] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Beth Riva (born 2003) is a Scottish bowls player who won the World Championship mixed pairs in 2025. [3] She reached a career high ranking of world number 27 in March 2025. [4]
In 2022 after being capped as an under-25 Scottish International, Riva was chosen by Team Scotland's Achieve programme to travel to the 2022 Commonwealth Games as part of the Team Scotland experience. [5]
Riva teamed up with Jason Banks to win the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship mixed pairs title. [1] In the first round the pair defeated Robert Paxton and Lucy Smith in straight sets before winning their semi-final match against Les Gillett and Nicole Rogers again in straight sets. [6] [7] Riva and Banks then won the final against tournament favourites Paul Foster and Katherine Rednall without dropping a set. Riva was studying law at Edinburgh Napier University at the time. [1] She was also runner-up in the ladies' singles, defeating Chelsea Spencer in the semifinals, [8] before losing the final to Julie Forrest. [9] [10]
Her uncle is six-times world indoor singles champion Alex Marshall. [1]
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