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Laura Daniels

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Laura Daniels
Personal information
Birth nameLaura Thomas
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1985-05-31) 31 May 1985 (age 39)
Neath, Wales
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubBrynhyfryd Bowls Club
Medal record

Laura Daniels (née Laura Thomas;[1] born 31 May 1985) is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

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World Outdoor Championship

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In 2016, Daniels won the gold medal with Jess Sims in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[2] 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 Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[5][6] In the fours, her team reached the quarter final before being beaten by England.

Commonwealth Games

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She was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[7] where she claimed a silver medal in the Singles losing out to Jo Edwards in the final.

In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[8]

World Indoor Championship

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Laura won the Women's singles title at the 2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship defeating defending champion Katherine Rednall in the final.[9] Daniels claimed a second singles title in 2021 by beating Katherine Rednall again, in a repeat of the 2015 final.[10][11]

Additionally she partnered with Paul Foster to win World Indoor Bowl's Mixed Pairs titles in 2013 and 2014.

National

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After her 2016 Welsh National Bowls Championships singles success she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2017.[12] She also won the Welsh National singles title in 2018.

Personal life

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Her brother Ben Thomas is also a multiple Welsh National Bowls Championships title winner.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "This weekend at the World Indoor Championships". Bowls International. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ "Welsh Women Selected For World Bowls". Bowls International.
  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. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team Wales.
  8. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Laura Thomas wins women's title". BBC Sport.
  10. ^ "Wales' Laura Daniels wins World Indoor Bowls final". BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Daniels recovers from dropping first set to win ladies singles title at World Indoor Bowls Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  13. ^ "Two New Welsh Singles Champions". Bowls International.
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