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English bowls player

Lorraine Kuhler
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born7 June 1990 (1990-06-07) (age 34)
Brighton, England
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubOxford City & County (outdoors)
Adur IBC (indoors)
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Gold Coast fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cardiff triples
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Portugal pairs
Silver medal – second place 2011 Portugal team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Ayr triples
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Ayr fours

Lorraine Kuhler (born 7 June 1990) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Kuhler took up bowls at the age of 11 at her parent's club in Brighton. Kuhler is a National triples champion (2014) and three times winner of the National Junior Pairs at the Bowls England National Championships when bowling for Worthing Pavilion and Sussex. In 2011, she won two medals at the European Bowls Championships in Portugal.

In 2019, she won the gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and 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. In 2022, she won triples silver and fours bronze at the European Bowls Championships.

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team won the gold medal defeating Australia in the final.

In 2024, Kuhler won the national pairs bowling with her close friend Katherine Hawes-Watts for the Oxford City & County BC at the 2024 Bowls England National Finals.

References

  1. "LORRAINE KUHLER: "I'M GEARED UP FOR NEXT SUMMER!"". Bowls England. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. "KUHLER DESPERATE TO BRING IT HOME!". Bowls England. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. "England Player Profiles". Bowls England. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. "Bowls star Kuhler on the lifelong friendships the game has given her". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  6. "2011 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. "2019 Atlantic Championships, Cardiff, Wales – Day 13". World Bowls.
  9. "SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England.
  10. "European Bowls Championships 2022T". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  11. "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  13. "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  14. "2024 National Championships women's pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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