Shae Wilson

Shae Wilson (born 11 January 1999) is an international lawn bowler from Norfolk Island. She has represented Norfolk Island at multiple international events, including at two Commonwealth Games.[1][2][3]

Shae Wilson
Wilson at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Leamington Spa
Personal information
NationalityNorfolk Islander
Born (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999

Career

In 2018, she competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, in the women's singles and the women's fours at the Games.[4]

The following year in 2019, Shae achieved Norfolk Island's first medal at World Champion of Champions, winning bronze in women's singles.

She competed in her second Commonwealth Games, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, in the women's singles and the women's pairs.[1] She finished top of her group in the singles and defeated Laura Daniels (a former world champion) in the quarter-finals before losing in the semi-finals to the eventual champion Ellen Ryan and then losing the bronze medal play off.[5]

In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent the Norfolk Islands at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[6] She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events.[7][8] In the pairs partnering Carmen Anderson, she won her group undefeated but lost to Malta in the quarter finals.

References
  1. "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. "Teenager puts little-known Norfolk Island on the Games map". Nation. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. "Norfolk Island Bowls Club t-shirt worn by Shea Wilson". Australian Sports Museum. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile & results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. "Ryan's express fightback wins Commonwealth Games lawn bowls gold for Australia". Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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