Claire Anderson
(née Claire Walker)
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born1992
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubEddlewood BC (outdoors)
Blantyre IBC (indoors) [1]
Medal record
Women's bowls
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gold Coast fours
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gold Coast pairs

Claire Anderson née Claire Walker (born 1992) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

She has won the indoor National triples in 2015 and 2018, the indoor pairs in 2016, the British indoor triples in 2016 and the pairs in 2017.[1]

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.[3] In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[5][6] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal. One week later in the pairs partnering Emma McIntyre, she won a bronze medal, losing to Malaysia in the semi final.

Personal life

In 2019, she married former indoor world champion Stewart Anderson.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Claire Anderson profile". Taylor Bowls.
  2. "SIBA Names Senior International Teams". Bowls International.
  3. "World Bowls Championships 2020 Team Announcement". Bowls Scotland.
  4. "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. "A chat with your 2019 Open Singles bowls winner, Stewart Anderson". Potters Holidays.
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