Carol Ashby
Carol Ashby is a three times world indoor bowls champion from England but now calls Australia home.
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| Citizenship | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1967 Pembury, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner(s) | Graeme Archer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | From lawn bowls 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ashby won the women's singles title at the 2002 World Indoor Bowls Championship, 2003 World Indoor Bowls Championship and 2004 World Indoor Bowls Championship. She gained more press coverage for her image despite the fact that she was a three times world singles champion.[1] In 2014, whilst living in Australia she married Scottish international bowler Graeme Archer and in 2016 they split when Graeme Archer returned to Scotland to live.[2]
References
- "Beauty and the bowlers". BBC Sport.
- Ashby gives bowls a new look, https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/apn-carol-gives-lawn-bowls-a-new/13967/
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