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| Born | 5 May 1986 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Clayton BC / Port Credit LBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1 (December 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kelly McKerihen (born 5 May 1986) is a Canadian International lawn bowler.
Biography
In 2007, McKerihen won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.
She won a bronze medal in the Women's singles at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Four years later in 2016, she won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the singles.
In November 2017, McKerihen was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.
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. In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Canada at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events. In the singles, McKerihen qualified unbeaten in first place in her group before advancing to the semi final stage, where she beat Katherine Rednall to set up a final against Tayla Bruce, where McKerihen lost 21–18.
In 2024, McKerihen won the pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships followed by the Australian Open fours title with Leanne Chinery, Louise Cronan and Emma Boyd. Then she won the Australian National Bowls Championships singles in October and in November 2024, McKerihen won the Hong Kong International Classic pairs with Boyd. McKerihen ended 2024 as the number 1 ranked bowler in the world.
Personal life
Her father is Steve McKerihen.
References
- ^ a b "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Kelly McKerihen". LawnsBowls.com.
- ^ "Kelly McKerihen". Bowls Canada. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (21 November 2017). "Bowls Canada nominate 10 athletes for Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Strong Canadian presence for the greens of the 2018 Commonwealth Games". Insidethegames.biz. CNW Group Ltd. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia. 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Canada Advances to Quarterfinals in 3 of 4 Disciplines". SIRC. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "'It's just unreal': Canterbury's Tayla Bruce wins world title in lawn bowls". Stuff. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Day 13 recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Scotland make a clean sweep men's Classic titles". Bowls International. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Kelly McKerihen". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
External links
- Kelly McKerihen at Bowls Canada
- Kelly McKerihen at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Kelly McKerihen at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Kelly McKerihen at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Kelly McKerihen at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games