Claire Johnston (bowls)

Johnston is from Irvine, North Ayrshire, in Scotland^[2] and won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Margaret Letham.^[3]

In 2011 she won the pairs gold medal and singles bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships^[4] and four years later she won the fours gold medal at the 2015 Atlantic Bowls Championships.^[5]

Johnston gained major indoor honours when winning the mixed pairs title at the 2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship with Nick Brett of England.^[6] In 2018 she was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland^[7] where she won a bronze medal in the Pairs with Lesley Doig.^[8]

In 2019 she won the Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Hannah Smith.^[9] and also won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.^[10] In 2022, she won the pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships in Llandrindod Wells.^[11]

In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[12]

• Claire Johnston at Team Scotland
• Claire Johnston at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games