Kelly McKerihen (born 5 May 1986) is a Canadian International lawn bowler.[1][2]
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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 | 7 (September 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editIn 2007, McKerihen won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3][4]
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.[5]
In November 2017, McKerihen was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[6][7]
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.[8] In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9]
In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Canada at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[10] She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events.[11][12] 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,[13] where McKerihen lost 21–18.[14]
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.[15]
Personal life
editHer father is Steve McKerihen.[16]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kelly McKerihen". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
External links
edit- 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