Laura Daniels
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | Laura Thomas 31 May 1985 Neath, Wales |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls |
| Club | Brynhyfryd Bowls Club |
Medal record | |
Laura Daniels (née Laura Thomas;[1] born 31 May 1985) is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
[edit | edit source]World Outdoor Championship
[edit | edit source]In 2016, Daniels won the gold medal with Jess Sims in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[2] 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.[3]
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[5][6] In the fours, her team reached the quarter final before being beaten by England.
Commonwealth Games
[edit | edit source]She was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[7] where she claimed a silver medal in the Singles losing out to Jo Edwards in the final.
In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[8]
World Indoor Championship
[edit | edit source]Laura won the Women's singles title at the 2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship defeating defending champion Katherine Rednall in the final.[9] Daniels claimed a second singles title in 2021 by beating Katherine Rednall again, in a repeat of the 2015 final.[10][11]
Additionally she partnered with Paul Foster to win World Indoor Bowl's Mixed Pairs titles in 2013 and 2014.
National
[edit | edit source]After her 2016 Welsh National Bowls Championships singles success she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2017.[12] She also won the Welsh National singles title in 2018.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Her brother Ben Thomas is also a multiple Welsh National Bowls Championships title winner.[13]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Laura Daniels at Team Wales (archived)
- Laura Daniels at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Laura Daniels at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Meet the Team: Wales’ Ladies Pairs at Bowls Wales
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Welsh female bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- Indoor Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games