Ellen Fife (née Ryan) (born 23 March 1997) is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.[2]
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| Birth name | Ellen Ryan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1997 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cabramatta Bowling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 3 (August 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editRyan made her international debut during the 2017 Australia v England Test Series and won the Australian Open singles and pairs gold medal in 2017. She was the first person to hold both the indoor and outdoor world under-25 singles titles simultaneously.[3]
In 2018, Ryan won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Natasha Scott.[4] The following year in 2019, she won the Australian National Bowls Championships fours.[5]
In 2020, Ryan was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
In 2022, Ryan competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[7] In the singles event, Ryan won the gold medal, defeating Lucy Beere in the final by 21 shots to 17.[8] In the pairs with Kristina Krstic, she secured the double gold.[9]
In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[10] She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events.[11][12] In the singles, Ryan won her group undefeated before reacing the semi final where she lost to Tayla Bruce. Later in October 2023, Ryan won the Australian National Bowls Championships fours title with Jamie-Lee Worsnop, Ellen Falkner and Karen Murphy[13]
In 2024, playing under her married name of Ellen Fife, she won the Australian Open pairs with Krstic, it was Fife's fourth Australian Open title.[14]
Awards
editRyan was awarded the 2017 Young Player of the Year by the World Bowls Tour.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Australia. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Ellen Ryan claims World Under-25 Indoor title". Lawnbowls.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "HONG KONG GOLD FOR BEN TWIST AND AUSSIE PAIR". Bowls Australia. 21 November 2018. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS FROM THE 2019 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Women's Bowls NSW. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED". Bowls Australia. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Ryan's express fightback wins Commonwealth Games lawn bowls gold for Australia". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "RYAN, KRSTIC CLAIM PAIRS GOLD WITH DRAMATIC EXTRA END WIN". Commonwealth Games Australia. 6 August 2022. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Day 13 recap". Bowls Australia. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Day 14 recap". Bowls Australia. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "WBT AWARDS NIGHT 2018". World Bowls Tour. 14 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
