Claire Johnston (bowls)

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Claire Johnston
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1979-02-22) 22 February 1979 (age 46)
Irvine, Scotland
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb) [1]
Sport
SportBowls
ClubAuchinleck BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Adelaide Pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Adelaide Team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Pairs
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Yarmouth Mixed pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Paphospairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 Paphossingles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 Paphosfours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Paphospairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Cardifftriples
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Cardifffours
British Isles Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Llandrindod Wellspairs

Claire Johnston (born 22 February 1979) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.

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Bowls career

Johnston is from Irvine, North Ayrshire, in Scotland [2] and won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Margaret Letham. [3]

In 2011 she won the pairs gold medal and singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships [4] and four years later she won the fours gold medal at the 2015 Atlantic Bowls Championships. [5]

Johnston gained major indoor honours when winning the mixed pairs title at the 2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship with Nick Brett of England. [6] In 2018 she was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland [7] where she won a bronze medal in the Pairs with Lesley Doig. [8]

In 2019 she won the Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Hannah Smith. [9] and also won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. [10] In 2022, she won the pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships in Llandrindod Wells. [11]

In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Lawn Bowls | Athlete Profile: Claire JOHNSTON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Claire Johnson Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Women's Four on Top of World Down Under". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2017: Brett & Johnston win mixed pairs title". BBC Sport.
  7. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
  8. ↑ "Pairs results". CG2018.
  9. ↑ "Second stage results". Bowls Scotland.
  10. ↑ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Roll of honour". Bowls International. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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