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| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1995 Rangiora, Canterbury Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Canterbury Bowling Club and Oxford Club Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals | Queensland titles 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | New Zealand titles 2 Australian title 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 14 (June 2024) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler. [2]
Inch was born in Rangiora and brought up in Oxford, New Zealand. She made her debut for New Zealand in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch with Angela Boyd, Val Smith and Kirsten Edwards. [3]
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
In 2023, she won the Australian Open fours and was then selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [5] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events. [6] [7] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.
She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. [8] In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [9] In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.
Inch has won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, the latest being a gold medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. [10] [11]
Inch won the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships pairs with Julie Keegan [12] and the New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles and pairs in 2020. [13] [14]
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