Katelyn Inch
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| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1995 Rangiora, Canterbury Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Canterbury Bowling Club and Oxford Club Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Regional finals | Queensland titles 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | New Zealand titles 2 Australian title 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 14 (June 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career
World Championships
Inch was born in Rangiora and brought up in Oxford, New Zealand. She made her debut for New Zealand in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch with Angela Boyd, Val Smith and Kirsten Edwards.[3]
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.[4]
In 2023, she won the Australian Open fours and was then selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[6][7] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.
Commonwealth Games
She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[8] In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9] In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.
Asia Pacific
Inch has won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, the latest being a gold medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[10][11]
Nationals
Inch won the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships pairs with Julie Keegan[12] and the New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles and pairs in 2020.[13][14]
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