Ellen Falkner

Ellen Marie Falkner (née Alexander; born 12 June 1979) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England.[1]

Ellen Falkner
Personal information
Nationality England
Born (1979-06-12) 12 June 1979
Wisbech, England
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchesterfours
2010 Delhipairs
2014 Glasgowtriples
2018 Gold Coasttriples
World Outdoor Championships
2004 Leamington Spa fours
2008 Christchurchsingles
2008 Christchurchpairs
2016 Christchurch fours
2016 Christchurch pairs
World Indoor Bowls Championships
2005 Yarmouthsingles
2006 Yarmouthsingles
2016 Yarmouthsingles
2019 Yarmouthmixed pairs

Bowls career

World Championships

In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Amy Monkhouse at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[2] In 2016, she was part of the fours team with Rebecca Wigfield, Wendy King and Jamie-Lea Winch who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[3] She then won a bronze medal in the pairs with Sophie Tolchard.[4] In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[5]

Commonwealth Gamnes

Ellen represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games winning gold in the fours and eight years later won another gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the woman's pairs competition with Amy Monkhouse. Ellen also competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a further gold[6] in the women's triples event with Sophie Tolchard and Sian Gordon.[7] She was selected as part of the England team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she won a bronze medal in the Triples with Katherine Rednall and Sian Honnor.[8]

World Indoor Championship

Falkner won a third World Indoor singles title during the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship after defeating Rebecca Field in the final. This success came ten years after her previous two victories.[9] In 2019 she won the mixed pairs gold with Robert Paxton at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship.[10]

National

After winning the 2011 National singles crown she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2012.[11] She also won the two wood title in 2011 and has won seven National titles in total; two singles, four pairs (2007, 2008, 2012, 2017) and one triples (2007).

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References
  1. "England team profiles" (PDF). 2016 World Bowls. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. "World Bowls Championships: England win men's triples title". BBC Sport.
  4. "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. "SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England.
  6. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. "Ellen Falkner claims third gold with dominant display over Australia". Cambridge News. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  8. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
  9. "World Indoor Bowls: Ellen Falkner claims women's singles title". BBC Sport.
  10. "PAXTON AND FALKNER ARE THE NEW 2019 WORLD INDOOR MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONS". World Bowls.
  11. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
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