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| Born | 5 May 1986 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Clayton BC / Port Credit LBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1 (December 2024) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelly McKerihen (born 5 May 1986) is a Canadian International lawn bowler. [2] [3]
In 2007, McKerihen won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. [4] [5]
She won a bronze medal in the Women's singles at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Four years later in 2016, she won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the singles. [6]
In November 2017, McKerihen was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team. [7] [8]
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. [9] In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [10]
In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Canada at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [11] She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events. [12] [13] In the singles, McKerihen qualified unbeaten in first place in her group before advancing to the semi final stage, where she beat Katherine Rednall to set up a final against Tayla Bruce, [14] where McKerihen lost 21–18. [15]
In 2024, McKerihen won the pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships followed by the Australian Open fours title with Leanne Chinery, Louise Cronan and Emma Boyd. [16] Then she won the Australian National Bowls Championships singles in October and in November 2024, McKerihen won the Hong Kong International Classic pairs with Boyd. [17] McKerihen ended 2024 as the number 1 ranked bowler in the world. [1]
Her father is Steve McKerihen. [18]
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