Katherine Rednall (born 7 January 1996) is an English lawn and indoor bowler from Stowmarket. She is record six times women's world indoor singles champion.
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| Born | 7 January 1996 Ipswich, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ipswich & District (indoors) Felixstowe & Suffolk BC (outdoors)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 7 (June 2024)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowls career
editIndoors
editRednall became the youngest ever winner of a World Indoor Bowls title after she won the 2014 World Indoor Bowls Championship Women's Singles at the age of just 18.[3] Rednall reached the final of the 2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing out to Laura Thomas in the decider.[4] Rednall experienced further success after winning the Mixed Pairs title in 2016 with bowls partner Darren Burnett.[5]
She won a second singles title in 2017 after defeating Ellen Falkner in the final [6] and a third singles title during the 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship defeating Rebecca Field in the final.[7]
During the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship she was seven months pregnant and performed well reaching the women's final, the mixed pairs semi final and was also the first woman to reach the Open singles quarter final.[8][9] The following year during the 2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship, she won a record breaking fourth singles title.[10][11]
At the 2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship, Rednall won her fifth women's singles to extend her record, she fought back after losing the first set to defeat Ceri Ann Glen in the tie break set.[12] Rednall started the year of 2024 in fine form, winning her sixth singles title at the 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship, where she defeated Julie Forrest in the final.[13]
Outdoors
editShe was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[14] where she won a bronze medal in the Triples with Ellen Falkner and Sian Honnor.[15] In 2019, she won two bronze medals at the European Bowls Championships.[16]
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.[17] In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[18] She participated in the women's singles and the women's triples events.[19][20] In the singles, Rednall won her group before reacing the semi final where she lost to Kelly McKerihen.
Personal life
editRednall is the daughter of England international John Rednall.[21] She studied for a degree in fashion and textiles at the University of Essex and enjoys playing the saxophone.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Profile". Heneslite.
- ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Rednall Becomes Youngest ever winner". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Rednall through to final". Ipswich Star.
- ^ "Burnett & Rednall win mixed pairs". BBC Sport.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2017: Rednall beats Falkner to win second title". BBC Sport.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2018: Rednall beats Field to win third title". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Wales' Laura Daniels wins World Indoor Bowls final". BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Daniels recovers from dropping first set to win ladies singles title at World Indoor Bowls Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Stowmarket's Katherine Rednall puts in dominant display against Alison Merrien to win World Indoor Bowls Championship Ladies' Singles title for record fourth time". Suffolk News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2021: Katherine Rednall delighted by fourth singles title". BBC. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Stowmarket's Katherine Rednall wins a final tie-break to claim a record-extending fifth ladies' title in the World Indoor Bowls Championship". Suffolk News. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls: Katherine Rednall beats Julie Forrest for third straight title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team England.
- ^ a b "Katherine Rednall Commonwealth Games profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "2019 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ "SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "THE EXTRA END PODCAST EPISODE 5 – JOHN AND KATHERINE REDNALL". Bowls England. Retrieved 20 January 2021.