Lauren Gowen

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Lauren Gowen
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born2004 (age 20–21)
Penygraig, Wales
Sport
Sportindoor and lawn bowls
ClubTaff Ely (indoors) / Cardiff BC (outdoor)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking15 (July 2025) [1]
Medal record
World Bowls Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Aberdeen mixed pairs
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Ayrfours
British Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Llandrindod Wellspairs

Lauren Marie Gowen (born 2004) is a Welsh international lawn & indoor bowler, who won a silver medal at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships and is a Welsh national champion and has been capped by Wales. [2] She reached a career high ranking of world number 15 in June 2024. [3]

Bowls career

Gowen came to prominence aged just 10-years-old, when she made history for Wales becoming the youngest bowler ever to play for Wales in the British Under-25s Championship. [4]

In 2024, Gowen reached the quarter-finals at the World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship [5] and won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2024 European Bowls Championships. [6]

In 2024, Gowen won the national U25 indoor singles title and the 2025 British Isles U25 title. [7] Subsequently in 2025, Gowen paired with Ross Owen, won the silver medal in the mixed pairs event at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships in Aberdeen. [8]

Further success arrived when she won the pairs at the 2025 British Championships. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Female rankings" (PDF). World Bowls Series. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Lauren Gowen". Bowls Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Lauren Gowen, aged 10, becomes youngest Wales bowls international". Wales Online. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "World junior champions crowned". World Bowls. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Berriew bowlers win medals at European Lawn Bowls Championships". Cambrian News. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "2024 National Finals Winners". Welsh Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships: Final day recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Results" (PDF). Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 26 June 2025.


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