Shauna O'Neill
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Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 18 January 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Limavady BC (outdoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shauna O'Neill (born 18 January 2000) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.[1][2]
Bowls career
[edit]Shauna won the Irish U-25 singles in 2019.[3]
In 2019, she won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[4] and in 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[5][3]
In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]
In 2023, she was selected by combined Ireland national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[6] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[7][8] In the triples partnering Sophie McIntyre and Chloe Wilson, the team won a bronze medal after losing to Australia in the semi finals.
O'Neill finished 2023 with a double success at the IIBC Championships, winning the singles and pairs titles.[9] In 2024 she won a silver medal at the 2024 European Bowls Championships in the pairs.[10]
Personal life
[edit]O'Neill is a post office manager by trade.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Megan Devlin and Shauna O'Neill cite special bond in pursuit of gold in women's bowls pairs". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ a b "World Bowls 2020 – Meet the Ireland Team". Irish Bowls Federation. 13 February 2020.
- ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Double Gold For Shauna". Bowls International. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "European Championships – Finals day". Irish Bowling Association. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Inside Bowls Magazine, September 2023, pages 17-18, Working hard and the secret to success". Inside Bowls. Retrieved 8 September 2023.