Claire Johnston (born 22 February 1979) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 February 1979 Irvine, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Auchinleck BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editJohnston 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
edit- ^ "Lawn Bowls | Athlete Profile: Claire JOHNSTON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Claire Johnson Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Women's Four on Top of World Down Under". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2017: Brett & Johnston win mixed pairs title". BBC Sport.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
- ^ "Pairs results". CG2018.
- ^ "Second stage results". Bowls Scotland.
- ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Roll of honour". Bowls International. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.