Caroline_Brown_(bowls)

Caroline Brown (bowls)

Caroline Brown (bowls)

Scottish bowls player

Caroline Brown (born 27 August 1980) is a Scottish international indoor and lawn and indoor bowls player.

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Bowls career

Brown was born in Bellshill,[1] North Lanarkshire on 27 August 1980.[2]

She won the 2007 World Indoor Bowls Championship women's singles and five years later who won a gold and bronze medal at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

In 2009, she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5]

After winning the 2010 Scottish National Bowls Championships she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2011.[6]

She won the gold medal at the 2014 World Cup Singles in Warilla, New South Wales, Australia.[7][8]

In 2018, she was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland that won a silver medal in the Triples with Kay Moran and Stacey McDougall.[2] In 2019 she won the triples silver medal and singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[9]

In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[11] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[12][13] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.

Personal life

Brown works as a Senior Improvement Officer for NHS Lanarkshire.[14]

References

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    "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
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    "Caroline Brown spotlight". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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    "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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    "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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    "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
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    "Past results" (PDF). World Bowls.com.
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    "Caroline Brown becomes first Scottish woman to win World Cup in Australia". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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    "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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    "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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    "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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    "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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    "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Caroline aims for gold at 2022 Commonwealth Games | NHS Lanarkshire". nhslanarkshire. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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