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Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Irvine, Scotland | 22 February 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Auchinleck BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Claire Johnston (born 22 February 1979) is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Johnston is from Irvine, North Ayrshire, in Scotland [2] and won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Margaret Letham. [3]
In 2011 she won the pairs gold medal and singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships [4] and four years later she won the fours gold medal at the 2015 Atlantic Bowls Championships. [5]
Johnston gained major indoor honours when winning the mixed pairs title at the 2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship with Nick Brett of England. [6] In 2018 she was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland [7] where she won a bronze medal in the Pairs with Lesley Doig. [8]
In 2019 she won the Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Hannah Smith. [9] and also won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. [10] In 2022, she won the pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships in Llandrindod Wells. [11]
In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [12]