Scottish bowls player
Claire Johnston
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) |
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| Born | (1979-02-22) 22 February 1979 (age 45)
Irvine, Scotland |
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| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
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| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) [1] |
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| Sport | Bowls |
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| Club | Auchinleck BC |
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Claire Johnston (born 22 February 1979) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
Johnston 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]
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