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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1990 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | St Johns Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelsey May Cottrell (born 31 May 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
World Championships
Cottrell won three medals at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. Four years later she won the gold medal in the pairs competition with Rebecca Quail and a team gold at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[2]
In 2016, Cottrell was part of the fours team with Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch and Carla Krizanic who won the gold medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, in addition to a team gold.[3]
In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[4]
Commonwealth Games
Cottrell competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze medal in the singles. Four years later she won a silver in the triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[5]
Cottrell was part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she claimed another gold medal in the Fours with Krizanic, Scott and Van Asch once again.[6]
She was a batonbearer for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay when the baton came to Broadbeach Bowls Club in Gold Coast in March 2022.[7]
International
Cottrell has won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. The medal haul includes four gold medals, the latest at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[8][9] Cottrell has won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title three times, twice with Julie Keegan (2009, 2010) and once with Carla Odgers (2013).[10]
National
Although born in Auckland she became the third overseas player to have won the singles title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling as an invitational player in 2015/16.[11][12]
In 2018 she won the pairs title at the Australian National Bowls Championships and in 2021, she won her 7th & 8th Australian Open crown, this time in the pairs and fours.[13] A second national title was won in 2021 (in the pairs).[14]
References
- ^ "Australia team profiles" (PDF). 2016 World Bowls. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: JACKAROOS TEAM CONFIRMED". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Kelsey Cottrell biography". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ "Medal Match". CG2018.
- ^ "The Queen's Baton Relay in Australia". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 10". World Bowls.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Women's pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Kiwi-born Australian ace wins NZ women's bowls title". Stuff.
- ^ "Honour Roll". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "2021 AUS CHAMPS: PAIRS- MIXED PAIRS RECAP". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Australian female bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- 21st-century Australian women
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games