Claire Johnston (bowls)

Claire Johnston (born 22 February 1979) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.

Claire Johnston
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Born (1979-02-22) 22 February 1979
Irvine, Scotland
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb) [1]
Sport
SportBowls
ClubAuchinleck BC
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
2012 AdelaidePairs
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastPairs
World Indoor Bowls Championships
2017 YarmouthMixed pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
2011 Paphospairs
2011 Paphossingles
2015 Paphosfours
2015 Paphospairs
2019 Cardifftriples
2019 Cardifffours

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]

References
  1. "Lawn Bowls | Athlete Profile: Claire JOHNSTON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games".
  2. "Glasgow 2014 - Claire Johnson Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "Women's Four on Top of World Down Under". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2017: Brett & Johnston win mixed pairs title". BBC Sport.
  7. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
  8. "Pairs results". CG2018.
  9. "Second stage results". Bowls Scotland.
  10. "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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