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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Limavady BC (outdoors) | |||||||||||||||||
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Shauna O'Neill (born 18 January 2000) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
Shauna won the Irish U-25 singles in 2019.[2]
In 2019, she won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[3] and in 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[4][2]
In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]
In 2023, she was selected by combined Ireland national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[5] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[6][7] In the triples partnering Sophie McIntyre and Chloe Wilson, the team won a bronze medal after losing to Australia in the semi finals.
O'Neill finished 2023 with a double success at the IIBC Championships, winning the singles and pairs titles.[8]
Personal life
O'Neill is a post office manager by trade.[9]
References
- 1 2 "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- 1 2 "World Bowls 2020 – Meet the Ireland Team". Irish Bowls Federation. 13 February 2020.
- ↑ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ↑ "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
- ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ↑ "Double Gold For Shauna". Bowls International. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ↑ "Inside Bowls Magazine, September 2023, pages 17-18, Working hard and the secret to success". Inside Bowls. Retrieved 8 September 2023.